You'd think an author would know how to end a chapter, but here I am getting all in my feelings. This'll be a long post - our wee indie book box is saying goodbye, but we aren't! Almost 3 years ago I was posting first chapter impressions of hundreds of indie books when I got a DM from someone asking how I managed that volume of books. That person was Ryan, and it was the start of a business and friendship that shaped both our lives. He knew the business, and I knew the books. 66 indie authors over almost three years have gone out in our boxes. From the start, we were on the same page about wanting to pay authors (because when do authors ever get paid?!) for featuring, since almost everything indie is done out of goodwill and community spirit. I'm immensely proud that we were able to do that. All of my reading and sampling for the last 3 years has gone into finding great books for our boxes, and through that I've found some of my favourite books, authors, and people. If I've learned anything, it's that independence is a mindset - nobody is doing this for the money (cos there aint none), its done for the love of the game. We are each others best resource out here. The one upside is that I no longer have to keep my extensive reading a secret - which means a return of the giga-TBR, and first chapter sampling threads, and public reviews as I work my way through ten trillion indie books looking for great ones. Oh and I dont have to worry about page counts fitting in a box anymore. I'll end with a well deserved thank you - to Ryan for driving the whole project, to our authors for coming along with us, and to our supporters who believed in us. Stay weird and curious ❤️

Just got an awesome anthology from @yourpaperquest featuring authors they've worked with in the past. And look who's up first 😃 These guys do amazing things for indie authors and are in it purely for the love of the game. Thanks for featuring Mark of Eternity way back when!