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Welcome to The Showcase Blog.
Here you will find: the latest musings of the showcase team, writing tips, short stories, writer’s personal experiences and more. Because of our love for fresh, new content we update our blog regularly, which means that you can come back time and time again – and always find something new to read.
If you are an indie author and would like to guest blog you’ll be happy to hear that we now have an open guest blog submission policy. For more information email us at openblog@selfpubslishersshowcase.com.
Short Story: Do Ya Wanna Funk? by Mark Binmore
San Francisco 1978: a golden city of freedom, adventure, possibility and disco. There is also the search for love and …
Ruined? by Duncan Milne
Ruined? Now it’s ruined – title of a blog by Seth Godin Ruin – title of a song by Cat …
Guest Post: Indie Pride by Richard Milner
I recently attended a writer’s conference, which while prompting me to write this post has not done anything but solidify …
Announcing our Membership Giveaway Winners
A huge thank you to all of you who entered our first Membership Giveaway. We were blown away with the …
The Power of Six – Coming soon from Nicholas Rossis
The Power of Six is an anthology of six short science fiction stories, originally written between July 2009 and March …
The Great Big Membership Giveaway
WIN 5 YEARS OF FULL MEMBERSHIP! We are a happy, friendly sort here at The Self-Publisher’s Showcase and we thought …
A – Z Guide: Increase Sales with Countdown Deals
My A-Z Guide: How both my books reached #1 on Amazon turned out to be one of my most popular …
Guest Post: Real Life by David Edwards
The media branded me the ‘Riches to rags’ author under my pseudonym of Jack George Edmunson and The Sun Sharer …
Sexophobia and the original sin of sex censorship by Eli Yaakunah
Sexophobia and The Original Sin of Sex Censorship Here is a surprising story of censorship. The article also discusses how a …
Guest Post: The Power of Description by Richard Milner
I’ve rarely come across a reader who feels anything but extreme love or hate about descriptions in stories – that …
Short Story: Desperation by T.O. Munro
Set about 450 years before the Lady of the Helm, (The first book of Munro’s Bloodline Trilogy), at the time …
Guest Post: The 5 Best Weapons for Surviving the Apocalypse
The 5 Best Weapons for Surviving the Apocalypse Clayton Smith By now, I think we can all safely agree that …
April’s Featured 5 authors
1. Hayley Lawson, author of War Kids and current Kickstarter campaigner Hayley Lawson is the author of War Kids. She …
Guest Post – Aghast: A Journal of the Darkly Fantastic
It’s been months of hard work, but at last the Kickstarter campaign I’ve been working on is live. It’s a …
An Interview with SPS founder, Paul Martin
This article was originally published on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Guiamo Chronicles *** Many times in life, our …
Short Story: ‘Bob loses his Job’ by Marshall Butch Armstrong
Robert John Anderson was a plain man. He was 5’9″ tall, 165 pounds with medium brown hair trimmed just at …
Short Story: The Three Vows of Marvenna by T.O. Munro
Set about 200 years before the events of Lady of the Helm (The first book of Munro’s Bloodline Trilogy), The …
Guest Post: Hans M Hirschi from the London Author Fair
When I first received the invitation for the London Author Fair, I hesitated, for just about 0.0437 seconds. Of course …
Free tools to help self-publishers track their social media presence
Social media is a powerful weapon, but sometimes you need hard numbers to get the most out of it. Social …
Guest Post: David Pedersen at Visioncon 2014
One way I promote myself as an indie author is to attend Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions. Visioncon was the …
Short Story: The Deal by Dean Blake
I met Bernard or Bertrand or whatever his name was at a café in the Valley, the one near the …
March’s Featured 5
1. J. Bradley van Tighem, author of PUHA: Book I of the Master of the Wild series J. Bradley Van …
Smashwords Read an Ebook Week
This week, March 2-8, 2014 is Read an Ebook over on Smashwords. There you can find nearly 40,000 multi-format books …
Short Story – Basildon Bond by Marc Nash (*Mature Content*)
I got your latest letter. As it always does, it helps galvanise time for me, by structuring the eternal hours …
The Art of Reviewing, or How to Make or Break an Author’s Career by Matthew Cunliffe
Self-Publisher’s Showcase is my first foray into reviewing books. I’ve written a lot over the years, be it heavyweight articles …
Guest Post: Inspiration by Ashleigh Steele
What moves you forward? Money? Love? Happiness? So many different ideal lifestyles can add to inspiration. The most important thing …
What makes YOU a writer? by Ashley Cameron
Writing has helped me through many breakups and trying times. She has been my partner, my therapist, my emotional North …
Short Story: If IT Were THEE by Marc Nash
Though IT too had ball and socket joints, the Borg could not sit down to face ITs inquisitor. While IT …
February’s Featured 5
1. S.G. Night, author of the Three Acts of Penance SG Night has been a writer since he was old …
Guest Post: Where Does a Book Idea Come From? by Deanna Kahler
Have you ever wondered where authors get their ideas from? Does a story concept simply come out of the blue …
A-Z guide: How both my books reached #1 on Amazon by Nicholas Rossis
A-Z guide: How both my books reached #1 on Amazon January 24th, 2014 I’ve been reading contradictory opinions about book …
Short Story – Eight Legged Army by Marc Nash
The bull-roarer whirring above my head since sundown. Saturated by the rain shower, the cord demanded constant snapping to keep …
Guest Post: Dreams and Belief by Duncan Milne
“I believe.” “I’ve got faith.” “I have a dream.” Simple statements with profound consequences. Belief, faith and dreams; they are …
Guest Post: How to deal with a Bad Review by Mercedes M. Yardley
It’s hard enough to start a novel, let alone finish it. And in between that Start and Finish phase, we’re …
Short Story – Host by Marc Nash
The call had gone out. And like any viral meme, no one could quite pinpoint how it had originated, though …
Basics beyond the Goggles: Writing Steampunk by Ava Morgan
Everyone’s got a definition for what they think steampunk is. Jake Von Slatt, one of the most prominent members of …
Guest Post: For Those Who Love To Read… Or Not by Amy Kaufman Burk
Until age 7, reading was my secret. Within the community of my ‘60s artsy elementary school, reading before 2nd grade …
Guest Post: Democracy – Dreams and Frustrations by Tony Russell
I like to think that when I decided to write ‘Commons People‘ I did it with my eyes wide open. …
January’s Featured 5
1. Kyle Brown, author of Dumb Waiters: The Awakening Unleashed from The Lazarus Pool and dumped on sunny Pasadena, CA, …
Guest Post: Top 10 Things I Did to Finally Write That Book by Ursula Ringham
We all have a story to tell. And living in Silicon Valley, our stories usually center around innovation. I’m a …