INDIEpendence Day

INDIEpendence Day is about celebrating indie authors both self-published and small-press. This celebration is hosted by The Indelibles, a group of 25 indie authors. This is what they say about the event, "By highlighting and bringing greater awareness to quality indie books, people find great books to read, indie authors get support, and we continue to change hearts and minds about the gems that can be found among self-published and small-press novels."

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I choose to highlight Atlanta-based author Amanda DeWees. Per her website she received her PhD from the University of Georgia in English literature and her dissertation topic was vampire literature. (I didn't even know that was possible! How cool is that?!)  I found out about Ms. DeWees' book from my good friend Sara, who knows I am a huge bibliophile. Not too long ago Sara says to me, "So my friend wrote a book..." And then I was all like, "You know an author and didn't tell me?!" I immediately added it to my "to be read" list, I just haven't had the opportunity to read it yet. But I' really looking forward to it. I've looked on Amazon and Goodreads and DeWees' book Sea of Secrets has gotten really great reviews. It's been described as mostly as gothic mystery and also as a historical romance. From the description, it sounds like it will be a good read that I'm looking forward to and I hope you are as well!



Find Sea of Secrets on Amazon

Here's the cover of Sea of Secrets by Amanda DeWees from Amazon, where you can get the book in print or on your Kindle. Check her website for all the ways Secrets is available!

I love supporting local authors and knowing that she's a friend of a friend, makes me feel so... special!  And...by playing around on her site, I found Ms. DeWees has a Young Adult writing in progress that I'm super excited about. I can't wait to see what this author has to offer!

Here's a list of all the other bloggers participating in the INDIEpendence Day event. Be sure to click around and find out about other great books by indie authors! And thanks again to the The Indelibles for hosting this event!

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1.	Paranormal Book Beat	27.	Hallee Bridgeman	53.	Cherie Reich
2.	Jessie Harrell	28.	Diane Strong	54.	JM Madden
3.	Karen Amanda Hooper	29.	Hayden Braeburn	55.	Christine Fonseca, Author
4.	Susan Kaye Quinn	30.	Remy @ Reading with A Broken Heart	56.	Laura Diamond
5.	Laura Pauling	31.	Katherine Lowry Logan	57.	Nicole Singer
6.	Connie Keller	32.	Jesse V Coffey	58.	Indie Children's Authors Connection
7.	Sandra Ulbrich Almazan	33.	Teresa Reasor	59.	Heather Simone
8.	Cindy Hogan	34.	Cate Dean	60.	Cory Putman Oakes
9.	Lisa Nowak	35.	Ashna @ Wanted Readers	61.	Jenny Krueger
10.	Stacey Wallace Benefiel	36.	Anna Kyss	62.	Carolyn Brown
11.	Magan Vernon	37.	R.M. Prioleau	63.	C.K. Bryant
12.	Angela Brown	38.	Deanna Roy	64.	Gin @ Addicted to Words
13.	Heather McCorkle	39.	Courtney Vail	65.	Beth Dolgner
14.	Megg Jensen	40.	Michael Whetzel	66.	Medeia Sharif
15.	Christy @ Captivated Reading	41.	Alli (mrscaptkirk51)	67.	Bisi Leyton
16.	Patricia Lynne	42.	Mackenzie Morgan	68.	Michael Abayomi
17.	Kimber Shook	43.	Paige Aspen	69.	Erynn Newman
18.	Kai Strand	44.	Suzan Tisdale	70.	LM Preston
19.	ali cross	45.	Dani @ Refracted Light	71.	Rick Daley
20.	Stephanie Queen	46.	Doug Solter	72.	Jennifer S. Pitts
21.	Laura A. H. Elliott	47.	Jamie Manning, Author	73.	Elle Strauss
22.	DeAnna Knippling	48.	Dalya Moon	74.	H.S. St.Ours
23.	Meredith Bond	49.	Ramblings of an Amateur Writer	75.	Froze8's Blog
24.	Karen Victoria Smith	50.	Pamela DuMond	76.	Dariel Raye
25.	Amy Durham	51.	Brooke	77.	Kathleen Harsch
26.	Donna McDonald	52.	Nickie Anderson	78.	Shah Wharton's WordsinSync

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