Feeling stressed by the pressure to become a bestseller? Think only making the top of the sales charts will do? Think again. Kassandra Lamb explains why she’s happy to aim for the mid-list, drawing on previous career experience.

Feeling stressed by the pressure to become a bestseller? Think only making the top of the sales charts will do? Think again. Kassandra Lamb explains why she’s happy to aim for the mid-list, drawing on previous career experience.
To help you concentrate your thoughts for a successful new year of self-publishing, here’s a chance to revisit the most relevant opinion posts from the AskALLi blog in 2018. Here’s to our best year yet as indie authors!
Frustrated by concerns about Amazon’s reviews process? Take heart from this post updating you on ALLi’s consultations with Amazon, and Barry Faulkner’s reality check on readers’ attitudes.
Honestly, the weird things people say to indie authors… Alex Klaushofer raises a laugh – and some community spirit among indie authors – with the results of her recent informal survey of odd comments writers receive – and suggests some smart responses.
Why you need to make sure your writing is the best it can be before you invest in marketing it – tough love on the importance of writing craft from ALLi Author Advice Center Manager Debbie Young, herself the author of a series of cozy mysteries
Do you make time to read for pleasure? If not, you should – it’s the easiest way to enrich your writing and hone your craft as an author. Debbie Young explains why and shares a captivating poem on the topic by Julia Donaldson.
Why indie authors of literary fiction should take a leaf out of the marketing book of genre writers – Jay Lemming describes how this strategy works for him.
Novelist Debbie Young describes her switch from a set word count per day to an endless binge – and why she’s happy that way
Why it’s important for indie authors to take their time to self-publish – by ALLi Partner member Taryn Johnston
A valuable insight into how booksellers view self-published books, by successful US indie author Karen Myers