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The Business of Being An Author: Jane Friedman

The Business of Being An Author: Jane Friedman. Writing Is An Art But Publishing Is A Business. Jane Friedman lays out the territory of how authors must juggle time and money, creativity and commerce to succeed. Includes a sneak peek of Jane’s forthcoming book, The Business of Being A Writer.

October 22, 2016
Indie Author Fringe

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Going Forward: A Poem: Dan Holloway

October 22, 2016
Indie Author Fringe

Welcome to Indie Author Fringe: Mark Coker

Welcome to Indie Author Fringe: Mark Coker opens Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 Indie Author Fringe, telling our online conference attendees how to access the information and what to expect during our 24 hour event.

October 22, 2016
Indie Author Fringe

Self-publishing News: All the Fun of the Fair

This week has been all about Frankfurt Book Fair for many in book business land. For others among us, it…

October 21, 2016
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The Five Ws of our Indie Author Fringe

The Five Ws, are considered basic information-gathering or problem-solving questions that need to be answered in any situation. This approach is used in good journalism, research and police investigations - and now at the Indie Author Fringe. We're bringing you the complete story, in as precise a way as possible.

October 20, 2016
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Writing: Setting Good Creative Habits from Orna Ross’s Go Creative! Show

Once a month Orna Ross’s Go Creative! Show focuses on Creative Writing, and this week Orna and Dan Blank talked about how you can Set Good Creative Habits.

October 19, 2016
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Bringing Frankfurt Book Fair to you via the Indie Author Fringe

Find out how Orna and David are bringing the Frankfurt Book Fair into the Indie Author Fringe, and see how you can help us spread the word about our final Fringe event for 2016.

October 18, 2016
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Opinion: What is Literary Fiction Anyway?

What is literary fiction and who writes it? What does literary fiction mean to you? Ann Richardson shares the gist of an impassioned discussion from a recent ALLi debate.

Book Marketing: How to Use Bookmarks to Market Self-published Books

Here's an easy way to market your books - and a refreshingly low-tech one! Top tips on producing and using great bookmarks from US indie author Karen Myers.

Self-Publishing News: The Times They Are A Changing

OK, I couldn't not use that as my title this week, could I?! And if you don't know what I…

October 14, 2016
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Latest Creative Publishing News From Orna Ross’s Go Creative! Show

Once a month Orna Ross’s Go Creative! Show focuses on Creative Publishing, and in this latest episode with Porter Anderson they chat about the Hot Sheet and three newsworthy topics from the past month that are most relevant to authors.

October 13, 2016
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Why I Write What I Write – Creative Non-Fiction

A fascinating case study of how a former research scientist Katrina Kirkwood arrived at the best way to tell the story of her grandmother's mysterious beads, illustrating the concept of creative non-fiction.