Happy Holidays from all at the Alliance of Independent Authors

December 25, 2020

Orna Ross

Happy holidays, dear indie authors! It has been our honor and pleasure to work with you in 2020.

Closing: Our home offices close for ALLi business on Wednesday 23 December at 5pm and reopen on Monday 4 January 2021 at 9am. Our podcast is also on a break and will resume in January, Week 1. The blog will continue to run over the holiday period.

What about you? Are you taking total downtime, digifast and all? Or hoping to get in a bit of writing and publishing while the world takes a break?

Whatever you’re doing and whomever you're with, all of us at ALLi wish you a joyful, peaceful and creative time–and your most productive and prosperous year ever in 2020!

Author: Orna Ross

Orna Ross is a bestselling and award-winning author of historical fiction and inspirational poetry, and a creativity facilitator. As founder-director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, she has been named one of The Bookseller’s Top 100 people in publishing.

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