Interview with Brad Borkan About ‘When Your Life Depends on It’: Inspirational Indie Authors Podcast
My guest this week is Brad Borkan, who wrote a book about failure. OK. Not exactly about failure, but about…
Set Yourself up for Success in 2020 and Overcome Mindset Blocks
It's fair to say that at some point in your writing career you're going to experience doubt. There's something insidious in our brains that pops up just at the wrong time. Steven Pressfield calls it Resistance, others call it doubt, imposter syndrome, block. Whatever you refer to it as, I think we can all agree it exists. ALLi author member Alice Briggs is here to show you how to defeat the beast and set yourself up for success in 2020.
Opinion: Build a Writing Habit With YouCan TouCan
Writing goals are always talked about especially at this time of year. But more important than the goal is the system and writing habit you put in place in order to continue achieving those goals session after session, book after book. ALLi Author Claire Fishback uses the YouCan TouCan method. Today, she shares how it can help you build a daily writing habit too.
Ethics of Ghostwriting
Ghostwriting: is it a collaborative tool, or just cheating? Explore the ethical concerns with us, then let us know your thoughts.
Self-Publishing Trends for 2020 and the Next Decade with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn: Advanced Self-Publishing Podcast
Self-publishing trends are moving fast for indie authors, with new advances in voice first technology, artificial intelligence, and other tools,…
Self-publishing News: Audible Captions close to a resolution
The Audible Captions dispute is close to a resolution, which is more than can be said about the controversy engulfing the Romance Writers of America.
How to Write a Book Proposal to Yourself
You'd be forgiven for thinking book proposals are reserved for the traditional publishing world. But Michele DeFilippo, ALLi Partner member from 1106 Designs, thinks we should all be writing a book proposal to ourselves to save time, effort and money in the long run.
AskALLi Poetry Podcast Round Up of 2019
Parallel to the growth of self-publishing poetry became one of the fastest growing genres in the late 2010s. So, last year #AskAlli responded to this exciting and heartwarming trend by introducing a new monthly podcast, the Self-Publishing Poetry Salon. Today, Dalma Szentpály, one of the hosts, looks back at 2019 for a poetry podcast round up.
How to Identify Your Writing Goals
It’s a new year! Which (for those who love to plan) means it’s time to start planning for 2020. ALLi Author member, Rachel McCollin shows you how to identify your writing goals so you can plan the best writing year you've had.
Your Book in Libraries Worldwide Quick and Easy Guide
All ALLi members can download the ALLi guidebook publications for free in the member area (once you've logged in) over at www.allianceindependentauthors.org. Recently, we've published a number of Quick and Easy Guides alongside the guidebooks. Today we've taken an extract from the 'Your Book in Libraries Worldwide' guide.
The Pros and Cons of Being a Hybrid Author
There are ten key business models that are working for writers right now. Being a hybrid author (both traditionally and self-published) is just one of them. Authorpreneur member Sara Rosett discusses the pros and cons of being hybrid.
Self-Publishing Predictions for 2020 and the 2020s
This New Year is special as it marks not just the changing of a year but the start of a new decade. And how things change in a decade. It's hard to believe that barely more than a decade ago the iPhone was a new fangled piece of technology. But here we are a decade later with a plethora of technology at our fingertips. Today, ALLi director Orna Ross looks not to the past, but to the future, to 2020 and the decade to come. Here are her self-publishing predictions for 2020 and the 2020s.