Writing Archives

What is Writing Rhythm?

Rhythm is an obvious element in poetry but it’s just as important in stories, novels, even essays. As timing is to the sportsman or comedian, so rhythm is to the writer. Today, Bill Kirton ALLi author member, examines writing rhythm across literature.

Welcome to Our First #AskALLi Self-Publishing Poetry Podcast with Orna Ross and Dalma Szentpály

In another first for the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and as part of its 2019-2020 season of broadcasts, ALLi…

August 28, 2019
Howard Lovy
Podcast, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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Help! Someone is Pirating My Book; More Questions Answered; AskALLi Member’s Q&A with Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn; News with Daniel Holloway

Help! Someone is pirating my book. This is among the questions answered and concerns addressed in this week's AskALLi, the Self-Publishing…

August 21, 2019
Howard Lovy
News, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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Artificial Intelligence and the Indie Author: AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn

Artificial intelligence sounds like a very futuristic term but you have already experienced it in your author business, from the…

August 7, 2019
Howard Lovy
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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AudioBooks and Exclusivity: A comparison of ACX and Findaway Voices

With the rise of audiobook popularity, comes a familiar question to other book formats: wide or exclusive? Still today, indie authors struggle with the decision over whether or not to publish their ebooks exclusively with Amazon’s KDP Select or “to go wide” by distributing them to additional retailers. In today's post, author member Mary Louisa Locke discusses audiobooks and exclusivity.

August 2, 2019
Mary Locke
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Writing
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Encore Month: 5 Reasons Authors Fall for Vanity Presses

When stories surface about authors defrauded by unscrupulous vanity presses, sometimes for tens of thousands of dollars, the reaction is sometimes unsympathetic. In today's encore post, John Doppler explains the five reasons authors fall for vanity presses.

July 26, 2019
John Doppler
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Writing
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Encore Month: An Easier Way to Upload Book Metadata to Distribution Platforms

An essential part of the indie author's self-publishing process is to complete the metadata on the distribution platforms of your choice. You might hire other professionals for some of the tasks involved in the process, but uploading the metadata is likely to rest with you, the publisher. In today's encore post, Jo Van Every explains how to upload book metadata like a professional.

July 24, 2019
Jo Van Every
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Writing
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Encore Month: How to Increase Your Global Reach

In today's encore post, Alison Clifford, author member shows you how to increase your global reach. Many self-publishing platforms have an extensive world-wide reach for potential sales. But what should authors think of in order to be global and create a global audience? What can we indie authors do to truly embrace our world-wide audience?

July 20, 2019
Alison Cliford
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Writing
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Encore Month: Why and How to Build a Book Project Plan

Here's a smart businesslike way to manage the production of your self-published books: devise and follow a book project plan, as outlined here by John Wagner-Stafford of Ingenium Books.

July 19, 2019
John Wagner-Stafford
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Writing
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Encore Month: How to Write a Trilogy

How to write a trilogy - Rosalind Minett shares the lessons she learned while writing her Relative Invasion trilogy.

July 18, 2019
Rosalind Minett
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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Encore Month: Simple Tips for Formatting Your Book Blurb

If you've ever pulled out your hair trying to figure out how to add spaces between paragraphs, or to bold or italicize your font when formatting book blurb on your Amazon KDP dashboard, you'll appreciate these HTML (hypertext markup language) tips from Rob Johnson.

Encore Month: The Narrative Arc

Novelist John Lynch defines the narrative arc and talks about the classic three- or five-act structure. Do you use it? Should you?