Happy Christmukkah From ALLi

December 25, 2019

Happy Christmukkah From ALLi Happy Chrismukkah, dear indie authors and, especially, dear ALLi Members.

Or Happy Makaraa Sankranti, if you're Hindi, or Happy Meán Geimhridh if you're pagan gaelic. However you celebrate the festival of rebirth and renewal at this time of year, we wish you and yours all good things. It has been our honor and pleasure to work with you in 2019.

Maybe you're taking total downtime, digifast and all. Maybe you're hoping to get in a bit of sneaky writing and publishing. Whatever you're doing, we wish you a peaceful and creative time, in blissful solitude or fun-filled conviviality.

ALLi is now closed until January 6th. Enjoy the New Year celebrations and here's to our most productive and prosperous year ever in 2020!

Dan, Howard, John, Kayleigh, Orna, Philip, Sacha, and Sarah.

Author: Sacha Black

Sacha Black is a bestselling and competition-winning author. She writes the popular YA Fantasy Eden East novels and a series of non-fiction books that are designed to help writers develop their craft. Sacha is also a developmental editor, wife and mum. Website: www.sachablack.com

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