Nicole Schroeder is a storyteller at heart. As the editor in chief of Indie Author Magazine, she brings nearly a decade of journalism and editorial experience to the publication.
2024 has been quite the year, hasn’t it? Over the past twelve months, we’ve watched the continued rise of trends like direct sales, crowdfunding, and transmedia, allowing indie authors to take even more control of their careers. We’ve witnessed several organizations and platforms expand their focus to...
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Summer on a college campus is much quieter than any other time of the year. Students have returned home for a few months between semesters or have taken a break from coursework for internships, summer jobs, or just to travel. But for...
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... A few months ago, IAM publisher Chelle Honiker shared on Facebook a lesson that she’d presented at the Future of Publishing Mastermind: that of the “suck list,” a prioritized list of tasks you don’t want to do or that eat...
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Blame it on how invested I am in superhero movies, but I am paranoid about spoilers. If I’m worried about encountering a leaked plot twist from a movie, book, or game, I will take a social media hiatus and resort to...
Editor's Note We dedicate a lot of space in our issues each month to the challenges we face as publishers. Most are business related and depend somewhat on your experience level. Fledgling authors may care more about which email service provider to use than those who’ve already...
No matter how much we love writing, every author knows the struggle of days when the words won’t flow and our attention wants to drift to other things. Maintaining a regular writing schedule means some sessions are inherently more productive than others—but that doesn’t mean you can’...
