Process 1. Editorial Archives

Launching a First Poetry Book, with Orna Ross and Lauren Lott — Self-Publishing Poetry Podcast

Joining Orna Ross in this month's #AskALLi Self-Publishing Poetry Salon is indie poet Lauren Lott who will outline the steps she took to launch her first poetry collection, The Remains of Burning. “Choosing between wounds and scars” is how she describes sorting out which poems would go into her collection.

December 4, 2020
Howard Lovy
Podcast, Process 1. Editorial, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing

Quarterly Planning for Indie Authors: Work, Rest, and Play Your Way to Writing and Selling More Books — Self-Publishing Conference Highlight

Creative business is not business as usual. Authors often define success very differently from your average business owners, work from different drivers, and find most planning methods are too one-dimensional and mechanical. This session from ALLi Director Orna Ross provides a simple creative planning method designed for febrile creative minds.

November 27, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Podcast, Process 1. Editorial, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion

Author Interview with Robert Roseth: Mystery and Satire at University — Inspirational Indie Authors Podcast

My ALLi author guest this week is Robert Roseth, who spent his career at the University of Washington, helping to make scientific and technological breakthroughs understandable to everyday readers. After retirement, he embarked on the second part of his career, writing a combination mystery and satire called Ivy is a Weed. Robert also discovered that the best way to publish his vision is to do it the indie way.

November 15, 2020
Howard Lovy
Indie Author Interviews, Podcast, Process 1. Editorial, Writing

How Do I Manage My Privacy as an Author? Other Questions Answered by Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn in our Member Q&A Self-Publishing News Podcast

How do I manage my privacy as an author? Our #AskALLi Member Q&A is hosted by Michael La Ronn and ALLi Director, Orna Ross,and this month they'll be answering this question and more.

November 13, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Opinion, Podcast, Process 1. Editorial, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing

How to Ensure a Creative Flow of Ideas : Advanced Self-Publishing Podcast With Orna Ross and Joanna Penn:

In this month's #AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss the topic of creative flow. From the necessity for creative rest and play, to the value of deep research and immersion, to using social media as a stimulator for ideas and words.

November 6, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Podcast, Process 1. Editorial, Writing

How to Work with a Poetry Editor: What Poets Need to Know, with Orna Ross—Self-Publishing Poetry Podcast

Joining Orna Ross in this month's #AskALLi Self-Publishing Poetry Salon is Jon Davis, Bookfox's Poetry Editor and author of five chapbooks and six full-length poetry collections. Jon received the Lavan Prize from the Academy of American Poets, a GE Younger Writers Award, the Off the Grid Poetry Prize, and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. He also served as the City of Santa Fe’s fourth Poet Laureate from 2013-2015.

Advice from SelfPubCon and Amazon UK’s Storyteller Award, With Sacha Black and Orna Ross: Self-Publishing Fiction & Nonfiction Podcast

In this session, ALLi Director Orna Ross and author Sacha Black talk about lessons learned about current trends in self-publishing fiction and nonfiction from taking part in two key indie author events: the Self-Publishing Advice Conference (SelfPubCon) and Amazon UK’s Storyteller Award.

TwitterChat: The Top 100 Tools for Authors

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about The Top 100 Tools for Authors

Should I Consider Republishing My Book After Making a Mistake? Other Questions Answered by Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn: Member Q&A Podcast

Should I consider republishing my first book? This is among the questions answered on our #AskALLi Member Q&A, hosted by author Michael La Ronn and ALLi Director Orna Ross.

October 16, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Podcast, Process 1. Editorial, Process 2. Design & Formatting, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing

Creative Self-Publishing — Your Books, Your Way with Orna Ross: Self-Publishing Conference Highlight

Creative self-publishing is when indie authors approach our publishing tasks, and our author business, with the same creative mindset that we bring to our writing. It focuses not just on what we do, but how we do it, as we publishing our books and establish our author business.

September 4, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Podcast, Process 1. Editorial, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion

Interview with Dave Tamanini: Retired Lawyer Makes a Case for Historical ‘Witch’ — Inspirational Indie Authors Podcast

My guest this week is Dave Tamanini, who at the age of 72, has spent a lifetime studying relationships. That is, relationships between races and genders as a civil rights enforcer, and relationships between family members as a lawyer working in family courts. After retirement, he found the perfect way to unite all these studies into one book about a slave during the Salem Witch trials. We'll talk about that book in a moment, but first a little more about Dave Tamanini.