I,_______________, am taking the Indie Author pledge.
I understand that badly behaving authors have made it very hard for other independently published / small-press authors to get their own works reviewed. I want to be part of the solution, and not part of the problem. That’s why I’m promising that I will never have any deliberate contact with any book reviewer who obtains a copy of my work from Sci-Fi & Scary.
So, if someone choose to review my book, and gives it a positive review, they’ll have my ever-lasting thanks – even though I know I can’t tell them that directly! More importantly, this means if a negative (polite/professional should go without saying) review of my work is posted, I’m not going to react to it.
I am an adult who consented to having their work reviewed. I understand that everyone has their own opinions, and not everyone will like my work. I will accept negative reviews gracefully. I will not respond/react to them. I will not post about this review on my Facebook, Goodreads, or personal blog page, etc. I will not make the reviewer a target for my fans in any way, shape, or form.
Writing is my chosen profession, and I’m taking this pledge to be a professional about it.
If I break this pledge, I understand and consent to my name being placed on a publicly available blacklist on Sci-Fi & Scary and other associated sites, warning potential reviewers that I behave very badly when people don’t like my work. I also understand that once on this blacklist, I will no longer be eligible for any reviews or promotions for any of my past, current, or future work on Sci-Fi & Scary or any associated sites.
Indie Authors taking the pledge, please comment below with the name of your book, your pen name, and today’s date.
This should go without saying! I take the pledge,
D.R. Bartlette, author of The Devil in Black Creek.
8/11/17
Barry’s Lodge A Haunting: An Absolutely Gripping Thriller With A Killer Twist
Hereby adopted.
Election 2064: Book One
Scott McDermott
April 14, 2017
Pledging in 3… 2… 1…
Grid Wraith
Mark R. Healy
April 5, 2017
William Esmont, Virginia
The Seer of Possibilities and Other Disturbing Tales
Thomas O.
3/23/17
Happy to pledge.
Sad that it’s needed!
This day, Wednesday 22nd February, I do solemnly promise to abide by the Indie Author’s Pledge.
‘The Worst Man on Mars’
Corben Duke
Andrew Lennon
A Life to Waste
3rd November 1984
Mad Girl, Clarissa Irene West, 02/19/2017
The Secret of Ventriloquism
Jon Padgett
2/17/17
Author of Apex Predator
Edge
Serena Sallow
1/28/2017
Rogues
Christy Aldridge
1/24/2017
Ink Stains (A Dark Fiction Literary Anthology) (Volume 3)
Publisher, Fawn M. Neun
2pm on a Black Summer’s Day
Ian Spall
20th January 2017
Thomas S. Flowers, author of The Subdue Series
01/13/17
I, Oskar Söderberg, am taking the Indie Author pledge. A Lone Smile.
Benjamin Stones
The Batifol Swine
17/12/2016
Sarah Dixon, author of Alfie Slider vs the Shape Shifter is happy to take the pledge.
Evolution (The Protectors of Earth Chronicles Book 1)
Shadow Cheah
12/06/2016
I, Robert J. Stava, am taking the Indie Author pledge.
Robert Stava
12/05/2016
“Nightmare From World’s End”
Pledged
The Promise She Made
Nicholas Pearce
29th November 2016
An Other Place.
Darren Dash.
19/nov/2016.
Will do.
Groom of the Tyrannosaur Queen
Daniel M. Bensen
11/16/2016
Mick Bogerman
How to Navigate Zombie Cave and Defeat Pirate Pete
November 15, 2016
Proud to take the pledge!
Gregory Ness
Antioch
November 11, 2016
Make sure you fill out the book submission form, Gregory 🙂
B.D Donaldson
Where Do They Go? Part 1
November 9th, 2016
D L Richardson
Welcome to the Apocalypse – Pandora
November 9, 2016
Scott Burn
THE ENEMY WITHN
08/13/16
Taking this pledge (It’s not letting me add my name above in the pledge but have read it and am agreeing to it here in the comments)
Toneye Eyenot
My book is Blood Moon Big Top
Nov. 7, 2016
Kat Mayor
The Spirit Chaser
November 1, 2016
The deed is done. The Pledge is given.
Shield of Drani
The name and date are automatically posted, but just in case –
Melonie Purcell
Shield of Drani
10-12-16
David W. Edwards
Nightscape Double Feature No. 1
The Thousand-Eyed Fear b/w The Q for Damnation
10/10/16
Adam Howe
Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet
07/10/16
Ben Hammott
Ice Rift – An action adventure survival sci-fi horror set in Antarctica.
04/10/2016
Allan Walsh
Darkness In Shadows
2/10/2016
‘Cougar’
Chris Chambers
9/27/16
“Cursed”
Red Harvey
9/16/16
T. Eric Bakutis
Glyphbinder
September 15, 2016
“Devour” and “The Darkest days” (If I can post 2, if not then just Devour.)
R. L. Blalock
9/14/2016
You can list two – but I need you to fill out the Book Review Listing Inquiry Form, please 🙂
“Chasing Butterflies”
Rod Martinez
9/13/16
Monisha Menon
Age of the Alliance: Lucan (Chain of light series)
September 10th, 2016
Michael R Martin
Area 62
September 9th 2016
Michael R Martin
Screams in the Woods
September 9th 2016
Paroxysm Effect
Ashleigh Reynolds
9/8/2016
Paroxysm Effect
Ashleigh Reynolds
9/8/2016
All Roads Lead to Terror
Richard Schiver
September 4, 2016
Migration, Daniel David, 4th September 2016
Wholeheartedly agree with this, there is nothing to fear in praise or criticism.
My book is:
Origins Of The Magdon: Vercovicium (Book 1 in The Magdon Series)
Authored by Tobey Alexander
03/09/2016 (UK)
Please fill out the book review listing form so I can grab your email and such.
Robert Eggleton
Rarity from the Hollow
8-29-16
Please fill out the book review listing form so I can grab your email address and such.
I, Monique Snyman, take this pledge and agree with the terms set forth. August 28, 2016
I have read the pledge and agree with the terms.
Carlos Colon – Book Name: Sangre – Date: 8/24/2016
Ayahuasca
Jonathan Huls
8/22/2016
Something for Everything
BP Gregory
21.08.16 (great pledge!)
Fools’ Apocalypse
Anderson Atlas
08-17-16
I, Chris Chelser, take this pledge.
The Kalbrandt Institute Archives – Book I: Hauntings
17/aug/2016
DE-173 by JG Bell 17/08/2016
Yes, that pledge is quite in line with my convictions.
S.A. Barton here, and I’m enthusiastically on board!
14 August 2016
This pledge is a wonderful way for indie authors to make a public commitment to professional ethics. The stigma of a small percentage of indies behaving badly is real — here’s a place to take a stand against that.
I hope you’ll find my “Isolation and Other Stories” collection here, and perhaps some of my short story singles and other collections here in future, or with major ebook and paperback retailers. 🙂
I, Joan De La Haye, author of Fury, do take this pledge on the 14th of August 2016
I am taking the pledge! My book is Presence.
MALUS DOMESTICA
S. A. Hunt
08 / 13 / 2016