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Beginners’ Self-Publishing Salon Podcast: Being a Part-time Author w/ Michael La Ronn & Jay Artale

Michael La Ronn and Jay Artale extoll the virtues of the indie author triangle of success: the right mindset, effective writing tools that work for you, and a consistent support network. In this podcast they share how to use these three elements to create a strong foundation to build your indie author goals upon.

October 20, 2017
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Writing
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Writing to Match Genres & Categories – or in Defiance of Them (the Indie Author’s Prerogative!)

Should indie authors comply with genre expectations or defy them? Kicking off a new series about the role of genre in self-publishing authors' success.

October 18, 2017
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Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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2 Top Productivity Tips: Do NaNoWriMo in November – And Start Planning for It Now!

Now is the perfect time to start thinking about whether to take part in NaNoWriMo next month to help you boost your writing productivity - here's all you need to know.

Why I Write What I Write: A Memoir in Pictures & Prose by Katharine Smith-Warren

A moving case study of how artist and author Katharine Smith-Warren developed her unique memoir of bereavement, self-published to help others like her.

Opinion: Why I Unpublished My Old Work – A Case Study by Topher Burk

Indie author Topher Burke explains why he unpublished his back catalog later in his career, and why he's glad he did. Maybe you should too?

Writing: How to Write and Market a Memoir about Relocating Abroad

Ever moved house, region, country, continent? All good fodder for a self-published memoir - and Jean Gill, relocated from Wales to France, tells you how to write one.

September 27, 2017
Jean Gill
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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Opinion: What Should Indie Authors Do with their Back Catalogue of Early Self-published Books?

What should you do with your backlist? Suppress it? Improve it? Promote it? Find out what other ALLi authors are doing with theirs, and why.

September 25, 2017
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Opinion, Writing
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Fringe Highlight Podcast: Tips for Marketing and Promoting your Travel Memoir

This month's Indie Author Fringe Highlight podcast features three Travel Memoir authors sharing their tips and advice about how to use your blog content to write and promote your book, the importance of defining your audience, and collaboration and cross-promotion opportunities with other authors in your niche. All with the goal of reaching more readers.

September 22, 2017
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Writing
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Writing: How to Turn a Memoir into a Novel – Case Study by Sue Johnson

We all have a life story to tell - but when is it better to turn it into fiction rather than memoir? Sue Johnson provides a case study from her own past.

September 20, 2017
Sue Johnson
Writing
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5 FAQs about Indexing: Why Indie Authors of Non-fiction Need Indexes And How to Create an Effective Index

If you write non-fiction, this post is a must-read, giving a succinct guide to the specialist subject of indexing, why you need an index for your book and how to acquire one.

September 13, 2017
Amron Gravett
Writing
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Writing: How Authors Can Speed Up Research with Speed Reading

How indie authors can use speedreading to help them self-publish faster by shortening research time - and other exciting benefits, by world champion Dan Holloway.