Write what you know?

Tomi talks the truth about writing - and lovers of writers

The Guitar

by Amy McElroy It’s always been one of my favorite stories about my father: a twenty-three year old White House staffer, loudly protesting Nixon’s innocence across the country as the newspapers shouted accusations of spies and lies. Meanwhile, I stayed home writing letters: “Please Daddy, I hope you never have to g...

Scenes From a Nightmare

"For years, a recurring nightmare suggested I’d lived a sordid life."

Exploring Opposites

Opposites and friction in fiction

The I.V. Interview: Becca Lawton

Rebecca Lawton on her new novel, inspired by her life as one of the first women whitewater guides in the West.

I.V. Interview: Linda Pressman

Tomi talks shop with the WD Self-Published Book Grand Prize Winner

Quest to Write: Part Two

What inspires you to write? The ladies discuss.

The Oldest Quest

"...differing viewpoints on resources and rule have long driven men and women to harm the earth and each other."

The Quest for Writing

SympOsium focusing on obstacles to writing

The "Toilet" Feeling

"The term 'toilet feeling' sometimes sounds absurd, even to me, but it so fully exemplifies that sense of shame that comes when something’s not right in my own private world..."

Jordan

Jordan E. Rosenfeld explores a lifelong habit of swooning in the face of medical procedures

A Quest for Courage

We at Indie-Visible are so proud to announce the forthcoming debut of Christina Mercer's YA fantasy novel, Arrow of the Mist! It releases March 21, the Spring Equinox. By Christina Mercer Writing is a solitary activity, one that fits quite well with my extreme-introvert personality. Hours upon hours, years upon years of...

The I.V. Interview: Jordan E. Rosenfeld, author of Forged in Grace

"...Grace is a metaphor for the ways all of us feel ugly, unseen and unworthy."

People fear death, if not their own, then someone else’s; perhaps it’s because of the cold of the empty body. Surely—no matter how strong one’s faith-- it’s because of the unknown destiny of that inner flame.

My Big Career: Fire Season

"It came to me in the form of a poem, inspired by the work of James Tate, author of return to the city of white donkeys and other books. To celebrate the release of Jordan E. Rosenfeld's Forged in Grace, and nearing the end of the wet season in California, ...

Become, by Ali Cross

Become, by Ali Cross Recommended by Christina Mercer Life is Hell for sixteen-year-old Desolation Black. Literally. Hell, aka Helheim, is cold and lonely, and yet it’s the home to which Desi longs to return after she’s forced to leave. Desi’s father Loki, aka Lucifer, is eager for her to BECOME—to turn into ...

Valentine’s Day: One Man

It takes a brave man to walk into the middle of all of us women and write about love. Our guest blogger, Scott Meek, takes on the challenge:

Getting Burned: On Difficult Friendships

I.V. Interview: Sharisse Coulter

Sharisse Coulter is one-half of a bad ass husband/wife indie creative team. Her novel, Rock My World, launches today! You can join her for her book launch party along with her husband Lee Coulter, at

Book of Shadows— By Alexandra Sokoloff

Recommended by Christina Mercer When Boston homicide detectives Garrett and Landauer discover the mutilated body of a wealthy college girl, they know they’d be solving just the sort of case to boost their careers. However, the ritualistic elements of the girl’s death point to satanic intrigue and danger. Jason is a t...

Out of Breath

Recommended by Sharon Wong Who knew psychologists doubled as detectives? This might not be immediately apparent, but it does make sense when you strip the profession to its basest elements. After all, a large part of the trade is picking up clues from disparate narratives and shattered psyches to weave a coherent whole. ...

Not Old

Jordan E. Rosenfeld My right hip has been giving me problems lately. A wrong move and a hot, electrical twinge stops my movement. It’s nothing more than the repetitive strain of exercise and hours compressed in a chair writing, but it aggravates. Hunched over, whining one day this week, I hear myself say aloud, somewha...

My Big Freakshow: Lessons from Clown School

By Frankie Rose I knew this girl who wanted to go to clown school once. I was sixteen at the time, and she was probably nineteen. High school was at an end (we leave High school and move onto college at 16 in the UK) and I was paralyzed by life, the prospect of it, anyway, because now I was expected to go out and dec...

Girl in the Glass

Reviewed by Jordan E. Rosenfeld I have to admit I’m a sucker for the underdog, the downtrodden. Give me a character who has lost everything, or is about to, and I am yours. Zoe Brooks’ novel of magical realism, Girl in the Glass, does not disappoint. Anya is an orphan in her teens, living in an indeterminate time ...

Farsighted, by Emlyn Chand

Reviewed by Christina Mercer High school is tough enough for most people, but Alex Kosmitoras has the added challenge of blindness. His home life isn't peachy either, with an irritable out-of-work father and an overprotective mom. But his most difficult challenge arrives in the form of disturbing "visions" of the future....