My new short story is yours free New no-cost ARCs for you to read Audiobook and Netflix show recs A host of freebie reads & new release deals This short with an ambiguous ending is yours 🆓 Most of you are here because I gave you a free short story. Shiny! Here’s another one. More are coming. I love connecting with readers and offering engaging reads. I’ve wanted to write this one for a while, leaving the story open to your interpretation. Oh… and I’d love to get your opinion. What do you...
25 days ago • 1 min read
📣 My sci-fi mystery thriller pre-order is live on Amazon! 👉 Click here 👈 to read the first 3 chapters of TO GAZE UPON A DARKENED CLOUD and meet Dr. Michelle Anderson, Jonah, and Elder Ferguson (Amy)—three unlikely cohorts drawn together by the cloud storms. 📖ARC team: publish-ready copies are in your Inbox. (Check Spam) Reading fellow Indie Authors… The Midnight Society: Guardians of the Cosmic Rift I gave it 4/5 for being what I called, A fun ride in the spirit of classic "newly empowered...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Content v. Entertainment ⚔️ You are NOT Entertained 👎🏼 On Thursday I’m going to see Bruce Springsteen at San Siro stadium here in Milan. (So excited!) Back in 1990, “The Boss” wrote a song called “57 Channels (And Nothin On)”. With way too many streaming platforms, dozens of networks, the internet, social media, and Amazon’s KDP for indie authors, the amount of content has grown exponentially in 35 years. Still, it seems like there’s “nothin on”. The problem is content is not, in itself,...
2 months ago • 2 min read
🔊 FREE AUDIOBOOKS 🥳 Yep. I’m so excited to have all 3 audiobooks of my original trilogy now available, I’m giving them away. The narrator has done an amazing job capturing the emotions, stakes, and depth of the characters. Book One, COLONY'S DAWN, was awarded 2023 Sci-fi Audiobook of the Year. [Read the review here] I’d love for you to listen to the New Europa trilogy and follow Gift Ojo on her journey in fighting sabotage, making contact with other colonies, and facing impossible choices in...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Epic Games v. Apple Ruling Enables Kindle Book Purchases on iPhone and iPadOn April 30, 2025, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a ruling in the Epic Games v. Apple case that fundamentally changed purchases on Apple devices. The court found Apple’s restrictions anti-competitive and ordered that: Apple can no longer charge a 27% commission on purchases made outside the App Store. Apple cannot prevent developers from guiding users to alternative payment methods, such as external websites....
3 months ago • 1 min read
👉 FREE for ONE Day! (Also on Kindle Unlimited) Finding Idyllium, 4.7 / 5 from over 80 reviews, yours free... Survival. Hope. Betrayal. As Earth dies, humanity's last chance lies on a pristine parallel world. But salvation comes with a price.Captain Marc Sanders balances the psychological toll of saving 4.5 billion on a dying earth with his personal demons. His daughter's life hangs on his every decision. When evidence mounts that their mission may be built on lies, members of his team turn on...
4 months ago • 1 min read
ChatGPT Prompt: "Can you create an image of an AI writing a novel?" Thoughts from a human brain on AI writing Many artists are worried about the advent of AI-generated content. Is it ethical? Should “art,” one of the core foundations that makes us human, be generated by such non-human means? From images, to videos, to books, and many other creative expressions, AI is becoming more prolific. The uprising is already here. What if the machines are not taking over the world, but have already...
5 months ago • 4 min read
It's always fun to see "English" used in Italy Indies Gotta Spend if Readers Gonna Read Many indie authors self-edit and stop there. I learned (the hard way) that to engage readers so they enjoy my stories, like all authors, I need a team of experts to polish and refine a manuscript into a novel. I invest in my craft to provide you with a great reading experience. That starts with self-editing but cannot end there. An author must add beta readers, professional (paid) editors and proofreaders,...
6 months ago • 2 min read