Writing: How to Find Guest Authors for Non-Fiction Book Forewords
A foreword by a well-known author will add credibility and value to any self-published non-fiction book. Obtaining one may not…
Writing: Front and Back Matter for your Self-Published Book
Book promotion expert Ben Cameron always says "writing the blurb is the hardest 100 words you'll ever write", and many…
How to Inspire Your Writing and Publishing with Local Meetups
No matter how easy it is for indie authors to network online, whether to share best self-publishing practice or…
Writing: The Morning After – How to Recover from “The End”
"'The End': the most beautiful words in the English language," says bestselling novelist M C Beaton. But once the euphoria…
Writing: What Makes A Good Editor?
Drawing on her own experience of learning the skills required to be a good editor, Lucy McCarraher, Managing Editor of…
Why I Write What I Write
Estonian author Tina Tamman describes how her BBC career inspired her to write and ultimately self-publish biographies of key players…
Why It’s Good to Beat a Writer’s Retreat
Award-winning Scottish author Lorna Fergusson, who is also an English literature and creative writing teacher, explains why she's a firm…
Writing: How to Fend Off Indie Author Burnout
With the heady empowerment of being one's own publisher comes a potentially crippling burden of all those essential tasks that…
Why I Want An Editor Who Isn’t An Author
Debbie Young, Blog Editor, writes: "We don't usually publish anonymous posts here, but it seemed reasonable to me to share…
Dealing with Friends’ Reactions to Your Writing
Following Francis Guenette's thoughtful post on how to share your writing with your partner, we've been chatting on the ALLi…
Writing: The Role of the Writer and Why I Write What I Write
In our occasional series on the back-stories behind indie authors books, British novelist Clare Weiner, who writes as Mari Howard,…
Writing: How I Became An Indie Author
The road to becoming a self-publishing author isn't always obvious. Scottish writer Kerry Harper, who writes as Helen Harper, describes…