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Orna Ross
Orna Ross, Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, wraps up our first Indie Author event of 2016 and announces the winner of the Opening Line Competition.
Wrapping up London Book Fair Indie Author Fringe: Orna Ross
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WOW! Brilliant – I have only just started to catch up now as I couldn’t do the live sessions this time. Thank you all. Marie-Claire
Our pleasure, Marie-Claire!
A big Thankyou to you and ALLi for creating this free online conference. I’m in Australia and the time difference made it difficult to follow it live. But I intend to listen, learn and absorb as you say Orna over this coming week.
PJ
Hi Pj, we ran it for 24 hours, so the whole world got some live time! But of course it’s impossible to take it all in at once. I’m so pleased it was useful to you.
Many thanks for this conference. So much condensed in one place with industry pioneers. Looking forward to the next, and spreading the word here in the US.
Particularly fond on the cover design spot with Derek Murphy, and the blogging your book spot with Nina Amir. And Mark Coker, Joanna Penn and Jane Friedman never disappoint.
Cheers from North Carolina.
Thanks so much Sheila, see you next time!