I had a longer intro written for this series of posts, but it ended up too long. (If you’re curious, it makes up a couple of paragraphs in my Welcome to Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week post). Here’s the compressed version:
One of the things that’s impressed me over the years is seeing the way that Self-Published Authors all tend to support each other. They don’t come across as competitors, you’re colleagues—teammates, almost. Once again this year for SPAAW, I’m exploiting that.
As an expression of that, I’ve asked some authors to promote 1-3 self-published works by someone else—to just give me a quick elevator pitch for them to help get the word out. Several of them replied with those lists (a few have resisted the call for particular titles and have just talked about some other authors–which is close enough for me). Naturally, I’ve asked them all for a quick bit about one of their books/series, too—they should get some attention as well, don’t you think?
Other-Promotion:
All Idaho writers, by the way.
Suddenly it Was All for Us
by Kristina Woods
Billed as Princess Diaries for adults, I expected twenty-year-olds. But almost forty divorcee written in a no-nonsense style with a scheming cousin like Alina Jacobs and arranged marriage with a sprinkle of spice?
Yes please!
Surviving Thirty
by Nicole Sharp
Romance and international adventure with coffee between every cover is what is promised in every Nicole Sharp book, but this sucker starts with too many margaritas at a family dinner that turns into a liquor store abduction where our heroine saves the clerk’s cheating ass and then drags it across the border. It only gets wilder.
Website ~ Facebook ~ Buy the Book on Bookshop.org
The Fangirl and the Grump
by Piper James
Die hard book girlies know a thing or two about traveling to a location to relive a novel turned movie turned tourist trap for the overly devoted. Piper took a defining series (a little after my time), changed a few names, and sent a quartet of friends to the Pacific Northwest so one could live out her card-carrying fangirl life. If you ever thought, “I need to go to Forks, WA”, this one’s for you.
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Through the Ashes
by Irene Hill
Through the Ashes, Irene Hill – It’s not all love and happily ever after out here. Sometimes a man loses everyone he loves in a prologue and you time hop four years forward to find the doer still on the loose. Set in Wyoming (shout out to my parents making me drive all over that state, I know what’s up), you can tell it’s going to be a tough, bleak fight to the end, but justice doesn’t bring back the dead. Buckle up for this one, buttercups, cuz your hearts are about to be ripped in half on page ten.
A Bit of Self-Promotion by E. N. Crane
(technically, I copied and pasted from her website here, I know she’s more eager to talk about other people’s books than her own, so I didn’t pester her to give me something.)
Jumping Judiciary Corruption
Trigger, former owner of the veteran’s shooting range Shots Fired, was found dead in a hotel room while serving on a sequestered jury. Cause of death appears to be accidental, but Cynthia “Cyn” Sharp’s newest addition disagrees. He may be older and limping, but Ruger knows his dad wasn’t alone and his ears cannot be fooled.
Website ~ Facebook ~ Buy the Book on Bookshop.org
Be sure to check out these books and show these Self-Published Authors some appreciation! They’re available at the links above or at the retailer of your choice!
Feel free to head over to my Bookshop.org page to see all the books I’m featuring this week (this may spoil some of the other lists, you’ve been warned). At least as many of them that Bookshop.org sells, anyway.
Visit the SPAAW 2026 Hub to see what other Self-Published Appreciation Posts are out there.
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