October is Indie Writers' Month on Amazon

Our Book Is in the Library!

Throughout October, Amazon is celebrating indie writers published via Kindle Direct Publishing and CreateSpace; and that includes our  books.  They've asked authors to share their paths as independent writers and here's the story behind how we got our books published on Amazon.

For years, I'd been trying to get published on my own. I have a M.A. in English and spent my twenties at the post office mailing my short stories to various publishers with no success.  It was always my dream to make money off my writing.   About five years ago, I read an article about how indie writers could get published on Amazon for free!  I couldn't believe it.   I began writing a murder/mystery about a group of librarians and what would happen if someone accidentally got crushed when the electronic compact shelving mechanism malfunctioned. How would my imaginary librarians react if they found the body? Would they accuse each other? I wrote about six pages and showed it to my husband. He liked it and I asked, "How would you like to write the rest of this book with me?" He kindly agreed and that's how we started writing books together.  Since then, I've gone on to write thirty-four books and have sold around 1600 copies. It really has been a dream come true for this English Major. Thank you Amazon: we couldn't have done it without you.

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Five Star Rating for "Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery"

I was so excited today when I noticed that our book, Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery, got a five star rating on Google Play.  This mystery, about a famous chef who was murdered in Savannah, Georgia, has been out for a couple of years now and has received four star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, but this is its first Five Star.  Yippee!  Out of the 23 books in our catalog, this is our favorite and it was a joy to write.  It also has sold the most (189 copies).  We are indie-writers, so you can see by our sales that we're not up there with Nora Roberts or James Patterson, but it's a pretty big deal for us.  Thank you to all our wonderful readers.

Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery

by Louise Hathaway

Available for $2.99 at Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, 

Google Play, Scribd, Kobo Books, and Smashwords.

Also Available in Paperback at Amazon

Here is what it's about:  While on her honeymoon in Savannah, Georgia, Detective Clarissa Santy hopes to spend a nice quiet time with her husband in one of America’s most beautiful cities. She and her husband are both big fans of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”, so they decide to make a pilgrimage to Savannah to see the sights mentioned in the book. Her time as a tourist is short-lived however when one of Savannah’s famous chefs is brutally murdered. The chef just happens to be Clarissa’s cousin--so this is personal--and Clarissa can’t rest until she finds out whodunit.