independent voter

Greetings, everyone! I'm Marcia Ford, author of this month's book, "We the Purple: Faith, Politics and the Independent Voter." You can find out more about the book at www.wethepurpleonline.com, where you'll find bonus content, a poll, and an opportunity to sign up for my scintillating newsletter. [Okay, everyone, I just tried to save this as a draft, but it looks like it posted. Does "save" mean "post" on this site?? Can anyone help?]

Here's a one-sentence summary: The book explains who independents are, explodes many of the myths about independents, and explores the growing nationwide independent movement. You also should know that as outsiders, many independents have a hard time taking themselves seriously. I'm among them. One radio host apologetically described my writing style as "quirky"; I assured him he had no reason to apologize. The thing is, I'm a journalist, first and foremost, and a conscientious one at that, so you can trust the enormous amount of research that went into the book. But I'm also a free agent, which means I don't have to conform to the journalistic standard of being so serious that you put your readers to sleep. And because I'm an independent voter, I don't have to conform to the political standard of writing a partisan diatribe. The book is eminently reader-friendly.