Once again, I’m joining the weekly blog challenge at Long and Short Reviews. Check out some of the other authors too.
Most of my books buying comes from social media. I don’t have the luxury of book stores with lots of English language titles and I was an early fan of the e-reader. I still have my first Amazon kindle; I now use kindle for my iPad. I decided to talk about two authors whose books that I discovered in my early years of indie reading from social media.
R. Lee Smith writes futuristic/SF/alien romances that are truly unique. For starters, her aliens are really alien. Insectoid, reptilian, night creatures. Despite this, R. Lee Smith manages to give them real depth and character. She writes books about telepaths and zombies too. I was captivated by the books because they were so different and not the sort of thing I’d even read from a mainstream publishing house.
https://rleesmith.wordpress.com
Pepper Pace writes multicultural, IR, contemporary romances. There are always challenges for romance books with black female leads in mainstream publishing, but a lot of writers seem to have really thrived in indie and e-pub. Pepper Pace stood out to me because her characters are unconventional-homeless people, survivors of the Rwandan genocide; people living with disabilities. And she tackles also of issues most wouldn’t in a romance. And she tends to have working class characters too (rather than lawyers, billionaires etc. etc. )
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Great post! I so agree with you that, though social media has it’s bad side, there is still a lot of good about it! Thanks for stopping by.
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I’ve never heard of either of these authors… I love that they write such unusual books! THAT is what small press and self-publishing has allowed, for authors to write outside the box. Thanks for sharing (and for visiting my blog earlier)!
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Most of my reading comes from Indies and small presses. I only have a handful of trad press books I get each year-and one of the authors has now left and does all her new stuff indie.
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R. Lee Smith’s stories sound really interesting! I’m adding them to my TBR list.
My post.
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I really admire people who write different and original.
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Both of those look like really interesting authors. Thanks for letting us know about them!
My list is here:
http://nagamakironin.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-books-i-discovered-on-social.html
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Enjoyed your list. Social media gives us so much to choose from. LOL
My list is here:
https://www.tenastetler.com/books-i-discovered-on-social-media-lsr-wednesday-blog-challenge-4-24-19/
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Although I don’t know either of the authors you mentioned, I have an entire list I have met on social media. Some are still indie authors with a small following, and some have broken out and acquired a huge following. I find it fun to say, “I knew them when . . .” But either way, social media has been a wonderful way to find those gems of the writing world just waiting to be discovered. Thank you for sharing a couple names I haven’t read – yet.
BTW – I, too, still have my first Kindle. The e-reader is awesome. I can now carry my entire library with me all the time if I need to. It has made moving so much easier.
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Those old, bulkier kindles really last.
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I’ve met most of my friends and author pals on social media. 🙂 Great list. But yep, there are some dark sides to social media.
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Social Media is pretty much the way I keep in touch with other writers.
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Some here I’ve never heard of. Good post!
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