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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Top Ten Tuesday: Indie Authors, Books and Bookstores!

Once upon a time I did Top Ten Tuesday posts all the time! It's how I started blogging and finding a place in the community. Awhile back, I had the great idea to do it again in order to find my blogger mojo again, but it didn't last long. Now I'm hoping to try again!

And when I looked up the topic for this week I was all... DANG... this is a sign! INDIE BOOKS and AUTHOR STUFF! LOL!

I promise, I saw the topic after I decided I want to do it this week!

Anyway, this is a meme that has been going for YEARS and is currently run by That Artsy Reader Girl (I'm so impressed at the longevity of this thing!) and like I said, today's topic is an Indie Freebie so a list of all things bookish indie. I'm going to go with a bunch of different things

Indie Authors

1. Cindy Steel: A new-to-me author so I've only read one book of hers (The One With the Kiss Cam) but loved it and want to write books just like this. I THINK she's indie... (I just tried to look it up to confirm, but I'm still not sure!) She writes really fun romcoms and currently has a book out that's in a series of a bunch of fall inspired books with a bunch of other indie (I think) authors. I want to read them all!

2. R. Lynn Hanks: She is an author I'm still getting to know, but so far so good. She markets her books as "flirty space fantasies", which sounds like the best thing ever, right? I'm currently reading her first book, Gamma Raids I. The characters have been best friends forever, and work and live on a space station but as drama unfolds regarding their work, they start to realize that maybe they are more than friends after all!

Previous Indie Authors that have moved to trad:

3.Teresa Richards: I met her at a conference awhile back and she is so much fun. She's published a bunch of indie books, but then this past year, she published her first trad book called Last to Leave and it's so much fun. You can check out my full review here. It's an awesome mash up genres and is perfect for people who love gaming and reality shows.

4. Beth Brower: Of course she had to be mentioned. Her Emma M. Lion books are ALL THE CRAZE right now (if you haven't read them yet, seriously though, what are you waiting for!!??) and her story of starting indie is so inspiring. She now has an amazing global publishing deal and it's just the best thing ever. And yeah, go read these books now! (or listen... the audio is so much fun!)

Indie Books

5. Always Best Buds: Of course this is where I have to mention my own book! Always Best Buds was published this past May and is a cute YA (or upper MG) romance told through letters the two girls write to each other during their junior year of high school in 1982. Lots of fun '80s pop culture references and lots of light teenage angst and drama. You can watch a book trailer here... and check it out on Amazon here.

6. Still Mine by Elizabeth Vernon Taylor: This is a memoir my friend wrote about her experience with her still-born baby. The whole year leading up to the birth and all the excitement her family was feeling and then the circumstances of what happened. It's heart breaking but also very inspiring. You should totally read it!

Indie Bookstores

We have a lot of indie bookstores in the area, but here are my favorites, and the ones that put on a lot of great author events and/or have a huge presence in the area.

7. Folklore Bookstore