Meet ShoreIndie Judge Ember Casey

We are jumping up and down with excitement to have USA Today bestselling author EMBER CASEY as a 2017 ShoreIndie Contest judge!

A prolific indie author since 2013, Ember was a powerhouse straight out of the gate with her debut NA contemporary romance, His Wicked Games, which, to date, has a whopping 626 reviews on Amazon. Since then, she's gone on to finish the Cunningham Family Series and write books in four more series, plus a standalone. And every one of her books has higher than a 4-star rating on Amazon. Ember is a master at keeping her readers engaged with her platform. One of her brilliant strategies is to release novellas and short stories related to her ongoing series in between novels. She also has a fantastic website, newsletter, and Facebook presence that are great models for how to do this indie author thing right. (Seriously, go check out what she's doing. She's an absolute genius.)

We are thrilled that Ember has agreed to do an interview for the ShoreIndie blog - stay tuned to find out more about how she has achieved her indie awesomeness - and that she's allowing us to host a giveaway of a signed copy of The Billionaire Escape Plan (date TBA). In the meantime, we highly recommend checking out her website, Facebook group, and BookBub listing; signing up for her newsletter to get a sense of what a great, engaging newsletter looks like; and following her on Twitter @embercasey.

Meet ShoreIndie Judge Bill Cameron

We are over the moon to have mystery author BILL CAMERON as a 2017 ShoreIndie Contest judge!

A hybrid author of adult and young adult mystery novels, Bill also writes short fiction, some of which has been included in anthologies edited by Lee Child (yes, THAT Lee Child - the bestselling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers). We recommend checking out the interview Bill did with Sentence to Paragraph about his latest book, Property of the State (2016, Poisoned Pen Press), for an engaging discussion about how to capture the modern teen voice and writing about social issues without the book becoming a polemic.

Bill is a generous human being who has supported other writers for many years. Sione met him, in fact, through a weekly community reading series Bill organized that was open to writers of all ages, genres, and skill levels. In addition to judging the inaugural ShoreIndie Contest, Bill has agreed to field questions about writing and his decision to become a hybrid author in an #AskAuthor chat (date/time TBD), and we are thrilled to host a giveaway of Property of the State on that same day. We are so grateful to have Bill as a ShoreIndie judge, and we hope you'll help us show him the love!

Bill tweets @bcmystery. Be sure to check out his website, www.bill-cameron.com.