Dorian Box’s Writing and Publishing Blog
Super-Reader Spotlight: Jason Denness
We’ve done author interviews here at DorianBox.com, as do many writing and publishing websites, but what about those unsung heroes of literature: the people who actually read the books? Less than half of Americans (47 percent) report reading a novel in the previous...
Getting Bang for Your Indie Book Bucks: E-Book Promotions
Among the hardest decisions for indie writers and publishers is figuring out where and what to invest in on a limited budget to promote one’s book. This post takes a quick look at the value added by an e-book promotional campaign. (An earlier post examined our...
Psycho-Tropics Nears Perfect Score in Writer’s Digest Contest
We were thrilled to get the news that Psycho-Tropics won a Writer's Digest award in Genre Fiction in the magazine's 2015 23rd Annual Self-Published Book Awards contest. Yesterday the judge's full review arrived. Psycho-Tropics received 24 out of a possible 25...
Enter Goodreads Giveaway for Psycho-Tropics
To celebrate Psycho-Tropics receiving a Writer's Digest award for Genre Fiction, we're running a Goodreads Giveaway, from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30. Sign up today for a chance to receive one of 12 free, signed paperback copies! Goodreads Book Giveaway Psycho-Tropics by...
Good Books for Halloween – Psycho-Tropics
Tired of the same old Halloween movies? Great as they are, we've seen them a million times, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Scream ... Read a scary book instead! Here are 13 classics listed by Goodreads. Then, of course, there's always Psycho-Tropics. Some classify...
The Hiding Girl (Emily Calby Book 1)
Twelve-year-old Emily Calby was a good girl from a religious family in rural Georgia. She loved softball, her little sister and looking up words to get her allowance. Then two men came and murdered her family. Somehow Emily escaped. Only the killers know she survived. On the run in a fugue, she makes an unlikely ally in a ruthless former gang member who takes her in. Overwhelmed by guilt, she persuades him to train her to kill before setting out alone on a terrifying search for justice. Nothing will stop her—not cops or creeps, not even her own splintering mind. Through it all, Emily fights to hold onto hope and the girl she once knew, kept buried deep inside. A testament to the boundless limits of love, sacrifice and the will to survive, The Hiding Girl is the first book in the multi-award-winning Emily Calby Series.