Today's guest is Rohan Quine, author of The Beasts of Electra Drive, which was a 2018 finalist for the Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. With themes of magic realism, technology, horror, LGBTQ characters, it is both a…
J. Dianne Dotson is a scientist who is also writing science fiction. She knows when to turn on and turn off the real science. She’ll put the science in science fiction, without losing an element of fun and fantasy. First…
On the AskALLi Beginners' Self-Publishing Salon, Orna Ross and Tim Lewis look at the topic of using beta readers in your self-editing process. A beta reader is a trusted book lover whose opinion helps you to do a final self-edit…
US novelist Brian Freyermuth describes the thrill of being accepted as a member of a prestigious genre writers' organisation, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), which has now opened up to indie authors. I’ve had some amazing…
Freedom to write in the genre of your choice, and to swap and to blend genres, is one of the many advantages of being an indie author. You can write what you want to write, and worry about the genre…
"I'm not interested in pressing the 'Publish' button," says Irish self-published author Eliza Green, who kindly shares here her brave decision to rewrite her debut sci-fi novel to match the more mature writing style of its sequel. In December 2012,…
When I first came across fan fiction I was amazed – not at the idea of writing my own stories with TV and literary characters as heros (I used to do that as a kid) – but at the volume…