{"quotes":[{"text":"Bah, he still saw the same stupidity. The image of the hanged man in the farming community of Yondern flashed through his mind. Now there was a war brewing between the Steelwielders and some foreign religion. More mindless loss over beliefs and mythology. But.. He could not deny the noble features in his companions. Although Perfidian was too blithe and Elaina too didactic, they had risked their life to do what was right. He did owe them his life. He could not deny the nobility he saw in many different people, bits and pieces of nobility that shined through under pressure. The guards who risked their lives to protect the villagers, Markham who flew at the dangerous dwarf, swords flashing; even an Eruthian merchant who stopped in his journey to share tales with complete strangers'.","author":"T.P. Grish","tags":["dark-fantasy","fantasy","indie-","low-magic","magick-and-faith","mythology","quote","self-published","steel","t-p-grish"],"id":2053,"author_id":"T.P.+Grish"},{"text":"The ocean swells around us. Sometimes, we are in a bowl of water and sometimes on the top of the lip. The horizon curves.We are sitting on top of the world.In theory, anyone is on the top of their world at every moment, given that the Earth is truly round. But, it’s hard to see that in a subway under New York City and completely obvious out here.","author":"Lexis De Rothschild","tags":["ebook","fiction","humor","indie-"],"id":34540,"author_id":"Lexis+De+Rothschild"},{"text":"It's the witching hour once more-When the Muse comes out to play.He calls me through that magic door-Where galaxies of worlds await!","author":"Belle Whittington","tags":["-kids-children-classic","indie-","indie-books","inspirational","writing","writing-books"],"id":51983,"author_id":"Belle+Whittington"},{"text":"Indie publishing lets me feed my inner control freak.","author":"Michelle M. Pillow","tags":["-life","control","indie","indie-","indie-books","indie-publishing","indie-writing","publishers","publishing","publishing-books","publishing-industry","writing-life"],"id":58073,"author_id":"Michelle+M.+Pillow"},{"text":"He looked at her, amazed with her sudden nerves. “Sweetheart… marrying was never on any list of mine.” He reached for her hand and held it tightly in his. “But marrying you… now that’s something different.","author":"Lucian Bane","tags":["humor","indie-","romance"],"id":79483,"author_id":"Lucian+Bane"},{"text":"...I can't promise you that we will live 'happily ever after'....However..I can promise you the adventure of a lifetime.","author":"H.R. Kasper","tags":["fantasy","indie-","romance","young-adult-fantasy"],"id":96846,"author_id":"H.R.+Kasper"},{"text":"You have to hold on and be patient. Pain lasts for a while, but you must leave room for happiness when you find it.","author":"S.N. Lemoing","tags":["fantasy","french-","indie-","medieval","self-published"],"id":98049,"author_id":"S.N.+Lemoing"},{"text":"Nowadays, the Internet decides if you're good, not the big man in the big office. No matter how important that man thinks he is, everyone else knows that he's not important anymore, and the Internet decides these things, here in the modern age.","author":"Alexei Maxim Russell","tags":["indie","indie ","internet","modern life","modern society","publishing","self-publishing","social-media","social-media-marketing","the-future","writer","writers","writing"],"id":101740,"author_id":"Alexei+Maxim+Russell"},{"text":"Being on Facebook as an Author and listing your books is like being a tiny single word in a giant dictionary! If people don’t search for you they don’t find you. They don’t take notice of you. They don’t even know you exist! Thats the hard reality of Socialmedia!","author":"Lily Amis","tags":["facebook","indie-","selfpublished","social-media"],"id":108297,"author_id":"Lily+Amis"},{"text":"It's a difficult path that we tread, us Indie self-publishers, but we're not alone. How many bands practicing in their dad’s garage have heard of a group from the neighbourhood who got signed by a recording company? Or how many artists who love to paint, but are not really getting anywhere with it hear of someone they went to art school with being offered an exhibition in a gallery? How many chefs who love to get creative around food hear of someone else who’s just landed a job with Marco Pierre White? There’s no difference between us and them. There is, however, a huge difference in how everyone else perceives the writer. And there’s a huge difference between all of us – the writers, the musicians, the composers, the chefs, the dance choreographers and to a certain extent the tradesmen - and the rest of society in that no one understands us. It’s a wretched dream to hope that our creativity gets recognised while our family thinks we’re wasting our time when the lawn needs mowing, the deck needs painting and the bedroom needs decorating. It’s acceptable to go into the garage to tinker about with a motorbike, but it’s a waste of a good Sunday afternoon if you go into the garage and practice your guitar, or sit in your study attempting to capture words that have been floating around your brain forever.","author":"Karl Wiggins","tags":["indie-","indie-","indie-","indie-publishing","indie-writing","self-publishing","self-publishing","writing","writing-life","writing-philosophy","writing"],"id":118606,"author_id":"Karl+Wiggins"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":41,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}