What’s Up With Wattpad? IndieVoices Broadcast June 2018
Welcome to AskALLi, the self-publishing advice broadcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it's our monthly IndieVoices' self-publishing…
Self-Publishing Advice Conference Highlights: Beating Writers Block with AG Billig
This seminar from author AG Billig is from our Self-Publishing Advice Conference. Literary history abounds in authors who wrote books…
Building Your Team of Professionals: June 2018 AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon
In this month's Advanced Self-Publishing Salon from the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss how to…
Writing with Scapple – the Mind-Mapping Tool from Scrivener
Have you heard of Scapple? It's a mind-mapping tool from Literature and Latte designed to help authors plan books - and in this post ALLi author Jeff Shear explains why he's found it especially helpful in planning a series of novels.
Writing: How to Create and Use a Style-sheet to Keep the Details in Your Books Consistent
Lost the plot with your fiction writing? Having trouble keeping track of your characters? You need to start keeping a style-sheet - or at least ask your editor to create one for you. Such a useful writing tool you'll wonder how you ever managed without it! Here's how.
Top Tips on Writing a Book – from the Latest Ask ALLi Self-publishing Beginners’ Salon Podcast (May 2018)
Welcome to AskALLi, the self-publishing advice podcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it's our monthly beginners' self-publishing…
Opinion: Why Indie Authors Should Also Be Readers
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.
Writing: How to Choose and Use Editors for Your Self-published Books
Are you using the right criteria to select the best editor for your books - and are you making the most of what you can learn from the editing process? Read Karl Drinkwater's post, from his perspective as both author and editor, to help you decide.
Writing Success – Against All the Odds?
Do you sometimes feel self-publishing success is eluding you? You're not alone - but C Lee McKenzie's post about motivation reminds us why we keep writing, and why the odds aren't as stacked against indie authors as much as we might think
Writing: How to Collaborate Effectively with Other Indie Authors In Your Genre
A terrific case study of how indie authors in a particular sub-genre can boost their success by working together in collaborative groups and projects, to everyone's benefit - by US zombie fiction writer Grivante
Fringe Highlight Podcast: 7 Stages of the Creative Process with Orna Ross
Novelists Jerome Griffin and Orna Ross, ALLi Director, discuss the seven stages of conscious creation as they relate to writing. Understanding the different requirements of each stage from concept to completion can, Orna argues, up your writing speed, ensure you're more likely to finish well, and improve your writing craft.
How Collaboration with Other Indie Authors Helped Me Return to Writing
How one indie author, E S Moxon, found collaboration with fellow writers helped her regain her creative momentum after unexpected challenges in her personal life that scuppered her regular writing habits.