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Issue #12 – April 2022

For all things story check out Narrative First The show is no longer active but 66 episodes aimed at providing the secrets to great storytelling are archived The mostly ever green content covers screenplays to novels to deep theo retical story structure https podcasts apple com us podcast narrative first where story is always king id1131426809

Author Matty Dalrymple delves into how we can improve our writing skills and navigate a career in self publishing on The Indy Author Podcast Dalrymple who is lauded for her interview technique launches new episodes of the show weekly In addition you can learn about the tools and resources that have been indispensable to her as hellip

I have always seen IAM as an extension of the larger indie author community born out of a group of international writers who met daily via Zoom and shared what they were doing to climb the mountain of success Beyond the business chat between sprints we also became bonded friends nbsp There would not be a hellip

Dan Simpson looks inside the daily diary of a writer to peek at the secrets of their success on his award winning Writer s Routine show He interviews authors from aspiring to famous for tips tricks and inspiration that could help us on our indie author journey The weekly podcast airs on Fridays https podcasts apple com us podcast writers routine id1273996998

I m about to give the editors of this fine journal a headache When they gave me the assignment of writing about growth in the Indie Publishing industry my first thought was this is a massive subject The second thought was I m gonna need to put growth in quotation marks nbsp Indie authors didn t just appear on hellip

Dear Indie Annie How do I know I 8217 m good enough Writing a book takes time and effort What if my novel is utter rubbish I 8217 ll have wasted all that time and effort Wasting time in Wabasca Dear Wasbasca I do love a time waster nbsp nbsp In fact like many writers I like nothing better than to hellip

Aside from book updates newsletter swaps and group promos you might struggle to keep coming up with fresh content ideas for your newsletter You will need to take time to figure out what your audience responds to and to build a relationship with them so you learn what makes them click on links reply to hellip

As co founder of Reedsy Ricardo Fayet is a familiar and much respected face in the indie publishing world The company was formed in 2014 to curate editing and design services Ricardo explains that its core purpose is the same now as it was then to provide a safe place where authors could find some of the hellip

You ve finished your novel published it received rave reviews and sold lots of copies and now you want something more for your story You can see your characters on the big or little screen living out the words you wrote and entertaining those who may not otherwise know of your book You aren t sure where hellip

A character death A final goodbye A heartfelt reunion The end of a journey It doesn t necessarily matter the specific plot points that elicit the emotion nor is genre or artistic medium all that important But scroll through recommendations on BookTok or consider the moments from a favorite series that have stuck with you the hellip

A lot of buzz surrounds the brand new software Atticus the brainchild of Dave Chesson the founder of Kindlepreneur Atticus has been described as the love child between the well established programs Vellum and Scrivener Early access was by invite only but since the beginning of November the app is available for purchase at https atticus io nbsp The software hellip

They say a picture is worth a thousand words but if that s the case the exchange rate into dollars must be equally impressive After all picture books in the US children s book market are worth $2 6 billion according to IBISWorld https ibisworld com industry statistics market size childrens book publishing united states nbsp Picture books are written and published for children ages three to eight Typically parents read hellip

Romantic Fantasy AKA Romantasy is a subgenre of Fantasy that pairs a strong romantic subplot with a Fantasy main plot The focus can skew toward the Fantasy plot with a significant minority of romantic elements or it can balance fairly evenly between the two nbsp Romantasy is often confused with its sister genre Fantasy Romance While hellip

The Power of Slow in the Writing World The indie author life can easily swamp authors with opportunity The writing life can turn into a weary slog that never seems to bring success any closer What if there was another way to supercharge your career Rest Rest is the key to making connections gaining insights and hellip

In the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders These are their stories Law amp Order In a gamut of literary genres including Mystery Police Procedural Legal Thriller and Prison Literature the readers are represented by hellip

Writing with chronic illness looks much different than writing without and so does self care We often think of self care as what we see prevalent in commercials or on the internet spa days vacations etc While these are nice self care for the chronically ill takes on a much simpler plan It is more about taking your medications hellip

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