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Issue #45 - January 2025
Featuring Kevin J. Anderson: Scaling New Heights in the Publishing World
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Indie Author Conference Calendar 2025
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This month we look ahead - what's next for Indie Author Magazine, Indie Author Training, and our newest project Direct2Readers.com.
Issue #43 - November 2024
This month we focus on paid ads and ways to strategize and maximize your campaigns. Plus this month we meet Joe Solari, Managing Director of Author Nation, who provides a powerful perspective on how indie authors can create lasting success through smart business practices.
Scale Your Success: The Growth Strategy Guide for Established Authors
Your books are selling. You've built a readership. Now it's time to transform your author career into an empire.
Stop Struggling Alone: Your Roadmap to Finally Finishing Your First Book
Stuck on your manuscript? Wondering if you'll ever type "The End"? You're not alone—and we've got the exact solutions you've been looking for.
Indie Author Gifts 2024: Creative and Practical Picks
The Author’s Planner by Audrey Hughey https://thewriteservices.com Prepare to revolutionize your author’s writing life with a smorgasbord of planners designed to transform a schedule into a well-oiled word factory. Audrey Hughey’s planner series can help your favorite author launch their new book without stumbling, focus...
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Issue #46 - February 2025 Featuring Erin Wright
Meet Erin Wright + Must-Have Tech & Craft Secrets!
Unlock Hidden Gems: Alternative Publishing Tools for Discerning Indie Authors
Don’t Like This? Try That! Alternatives to Popular Publishing Programs that May Be Worth the Switch Ask a room full of indie authors what programs they use to complete a variety of tasks, and you’ll get a variety of answers. Tech tools abound for indie authors, and each...
Uncover the Indie Author Magazine Exec Team's Must-Have Publishing Tools
For Staying Organized Airtable Who Recommends It: IAM publisher Chelle Honiker Favorite Feature: Customizable views like Kanban, calendar, and grid Airtable is a customizable, shareable spreadsheet database that integrates with a range of other apps, including Google Drive, Meta, and Zapier. "Airtable organizes editorial calendars, marketing plans, and project...
Transform Your Writing Career: The Power of Course Creation and Mentorship for Authors
Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn One of the most important things anyone who's mastered a craft can do is pass that knowledge and experience on to others. To educate, inform, and inspire those coming after us is a high calling, so it's no surprise that...
Transform Your Indie Author Journey: Tools and Tips for Effective Change and Protection
As an indie author, you’re constantly adapting—whether it’s refining your writing process, tackling new marketing strategies, or finding creative ways to connect with your readers. Change can be hard, but it’s essential for growth and success. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, by...
Safeguard Your Writing: Essential Backup Strategies for Indie Authors
As an indie author, your words are your business. Yet every week brings new tales of writers losing manuscripts to crashed hard drives or watching years of subscriber lists vanish into the digital void. One author lost three years of work when both her laptop and external drive failed simultaneously...
Unlocking Your Writing Potential: Embrace New Tech to Boost Productivity and Engagement
Dear Indie Annie, I am not a software whizz by any means. I just heard of a new platform that is obviously better for my business than the one I’m using, but I know it’ll take me years to learn it. (Okay, not years, but it’ll feel...
Mastering Diabetic Character Portrayals: Crafting Realism and Depth in Your Fiction
Diabetes is one of the most well-known and most prevalent chronic diseases in the world. In 2021, it was estimated that 38.4 million Americans, or about 11.6 percent of the population, had the disease, according to the American Diabetes Association. The World Health Organization estimates about 830 million...
Revolutionize Your Author Business: Essential Tech Tools for Every Stage
Having the right tools in your tech toolkit is crucial to managing every aspect of your author business. Whether you’re just starting out or are a full-time authorpreneur, refining your tech stack can streamline your workflow and enhance your productivity. Tech tools—document editors, spreadsheet software, notes apps, and...
Optimizing Your Writing Workflow: Seamlessly Integrate Fitness into Your Life
Hours spent at a desk can take a toll on the body. Most writers understand this feeling, considering it a labor of love. Many also know that a fitness routine may keep them writing longer, but then comes the next step: finding the time necessary to implement whatever program they’...
Unleashing the Full Potential of Indie Publishing with Essential Tech Tools
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m not a tech-savvy person. I wouldn’t go so far as to call myself a Luddite, but figuring out a new program has usually sparked more grumbling than excitement. Give me a paperback, a physical planner, and a nice pen any...
Mastering the Enemies-to-Lovers Magic in Fantasy Romance: Secrets from 'Fourth Wing'
The enemies-to-lovers trope has a special place in Fantasy Romance, offering writers a rich framework through which to explore character growth, tension, and emotional depth. This trope brings together two characters from opposing sides, often because of conflicting goals, loyalties, or even magical differences. But what makes this trope such...
From Small-Town Dreams to Global Success: How Erin Wright Transformed Western Romance and Indie Publishing
Once upon a time, Erin Wright was that kid reading Romance novels by flashlight under the covers when she was supposed to be sleeping. Today, she’s a USA TODAY bestselling author, well known to Western Romance readers as the author of multiple series set in Idaho’s Long Valley....