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April L. Hamilton

April L. Hamilton

About

April L. Hamilton is an author, blogger, Technorati BlogCritic, leading advocate and speaker for the indie author movement, and founder of Publetariat, the premier online news hub and community for indie authors and small imprints.

A Shadow in Yucatan

A Shadow in Yucatan

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<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>

Story Behind The Book

This book, originally self-published, has been picked up by Writer's Digest Books for publication in an updated and revised edition in December of 2010.

Media Links

Self-Publishing Finds Commercial Niche In The Digital Age

🔗 http://www.aprillhamilton.com/resources/WashTimes052209.pdf

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Writers At The End Of Print

🔗 http://www.aprillhamilton.com/resources/Giles%20Slade_%20Writers%20at%20the%20End%20of%20Print.pdf

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Podcast Interview w/ Joanna Penn

🔗 http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2010/01/21/podcast-self-publishing-your-questions-answered-with-indie-author-april-hamilton/

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Reviews

<font face="Tahoma">...directly answers the many questions that first-time self-publishers will have...similar books tell you vaguely &quot;what you need to do&quot; as a self-publisher, but not &quot;how to do it&quot;. [This book provides] a concrete set of simple steps, without all the waffle. I recommend this book.<br />      - Tony Loton, author, &quot;Book Publishing DIY: The Do It Yourself Guide to Self-Publishing using Lulu and CreateSpace&quot;<br /><br /><br />This book is a gem.<br />      - Jeff Lippincott, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer, Vine Voice<br /><br /></font><font face="Tahoma">Reading this book is a must for the writer who is trying to self publish their work. Everything you need to know or could ever have a question about is covered.<br />     - Sunni Morris, Faeriemound Books<br /><br />Bible for independent authors - Glen Bonnet, Amazon Review</font>