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ALLi’s Best Self-Publishing Advice Posts 2022 – General

We're on the last stretch of our annual round up of the best posts from 2022. The Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team's aim is to bring you the best, most comprehensive content on every aspect of the publishing journey. We want our content to be helpful and applicable no matter whether you're a beginner or an established author. Today, we're bringing you a selection of the best general indie author blogs from 2022.

3 Things Indie Authors Should Stop Saying

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me... a well known phrase, and yet we indies sometimes get caught up in all kinds of "they said" and "we should because." But should we? Did they? For every six figure indie who is in KU, there's another wide. For every indie in the romance genre there's another making it in a niche. So why do we keep saying nonsensical things? Today the Alliance of Independent Authors gives you the three things indies should stop saying.

TwitterChat: Which is more important: Creativity or Work?

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Which is more important: Creativity or Work?

TwitterChat: When should you give up on writing a book?

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about When should you give up on writing a book?

Money Mindset for Indie Authors: Overcoming Under Earning

Money is often seen as a dirty word, but that needs to change. If you want a creative career, then you need to get comfortable with money and improving your money mindset. Which brings me to ALLi Director, Orna Ross's next workshop for patrons, which runs tomorrow evening at 5pm UK time, is "Money Mindset: From Business Block to Money Flow"

TwitterChat: Do you suffer from Writer’s Block?

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Do you suffer from Writer's Block?

Alliance of Independent Authors Self-Publishing Review 2020

This year has been difficult for many of us across the globe and industry. The pandemic has caused disruption for families, businesses and creativity alike. As we draw close to the end of the year, the Alliance of Independent Authors team looks back at 2020, both the difficulties and the successes as well as what may come next. This is the Alliance of Independent Authors Self-Publishing Review 2020.

TwitterChat: Mental Models for Writers with Michael La Ronn

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Mental Models for Writers with Michael La Ronn

How Indie Authors Plan for Publishing Success: Producing, Processing & Promoting

A to-do list works as a planning method only for those writers who have third-party publishers (and other people whose job is straightforward and singular). If all you have to do today, tomorrow, and forever is get words done, drafted and delivered, then a list will serve you just fine. But indie authors are creative directors of an author-publishing business, a much more complex endeavor.

TwitterChat: What is Publishing Success?

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about What is Publishing Success?. This was an open chat with no guest.

Getting Your Author Business Back on Track with Rebecca Wood.

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) we asked questions to Rebecca Wood, author coach, about getting your author business back on track.

Set Yourself up for Success in 2020 and Overcome Mindset Blocks

It's fair to say that at some point in your writing career you're going to experience doubt. There's something insidious in our brains that pops up just at the wrong time. Steven Pressfield calls it Resistance, others call it doubt, imposter syndrome, block. Whatever you refer to it as, I think we can all agree it exists. ALLi author member Alice Briggs is here to show you how to defeat the beast and set yourself up for success in 2020.