The Most Valuable Lesson for an Author: Brevity
British indie author John Lynch generously shares the best writing advice he ever received, learned at the outset of his…
Opinion posts on a topical, controversial or interesting self-publishing issue. By ALLi Director, Orna Ross, on the first Monday of each month and other ALLi members on the other Mondays.
British indie author John Lynch generously shares the best writing advice he ever received, learned at the outset of his…
British indie author David Penny makes the case for treating being a self-published author like running a business, drawing on…
When author-publishers spend so much time and energy discussing what he terms "the three Rs of self-publishing - reviews, rankings…
To help indie authors who are planning to set up their own literary events in 2015, Catriona Troth, part of…
Debbie Young, Commissioning Editor of ALLi's advice blog, writes in praise of being offline. Hmm, that's doesn't exactly make sense,…
Before we step out into 2015, (our ALLi advisors will be posting some predictions for the coming year soon), time…
Rebecca Lang, Australian indie author of fiction and non-fiction, shares her excitement at the growing professionalism of the covers of self-published books.…
ALLi's founder Orna Ross, named by The Bookseller magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in publishing, explains…
Historical novelist Lucienne Boyce believes it's more constructive for all kinds of authors to work together harmoniously than to squabble…
Finnish self-published novelist Helena Halme makes the case for indie authors making writing their second or even third career. Last…
Theo Rogers turns the issue in his book "How to Get Good Reviews on Amazon" on its head and explains why…
ALLi's blog editor Debbie Young pays tribute to one of the less usually discussed advantages of being an indie author:…