There are few things in life as personally painful as a breakup When you 8217 re a businessperson you 8217 ll learn eventually that changing your vendors and contractors can feel much the same way Especially if you 8217 ve worked with them for a long period or if they 8217 re friends or worse family And trust me it doesn 8217 t get easier hellip
The place where young readers meet to talk about books The show includes a celebrity reader and an interview with the author The host is award winning public radio journalist Kitty Felde Book Club won the California Library Association Technology Award and the DC Mayor 8217 s Award for Excellence in the Humanitites Named one of the hellip
Grammar Girl covers everything from punctuation and grammar to style and voice in her award winning weekly podcast The typical episode runs less than 15 minutes And it s fun She shares her writing advice in three short nuggets a quick and dirty tip a hearty middle and a closing snippet Listen Here
Trying to achieve a healthy work life writing balance Then check out Sarah Rhea Werner s weekly Write Now podcast Werner says it gives you the encouragement honest advice and inspiration you need to balance work and life pursue your passion and write She is an award winning podcaster and writer national speaker and creativity consultant Listen Here
Discord is a multi purpose chat app made popular by gamers that includes text audio and video Available on all platforms and devices it has quickly expanded to be one of the premiere locations for interacting with authors and readers But for those accustomed to other social media platforms Discord has its own ecosphere and a hellip
Have you ever read a book and gotten lost because you didn t know who was telling the story Choosing the correct point of view is an essential decision for an author when starting a new project Strong works are clear about who is telling the story and to whom There are four types of Point hellip
There s nothing quite like holding your book in your hands an actual printed copy whose pages you can flip For fiction authors choosing exclusivity for e books through Kindle Unlimited print is an easy way to dip your toe into the wide marketplace without losing those page reads For nonfiction and children s book authors print often makes hellip
Dear Indie Annie I have a fear of succeeding of finishing Since January I have written two novels 8230 well almost two For the last two and a half weeks I have been frozen on the last chapter of book two It 8217 s actually a very simple chapter however it sets up everything that 8217 s going to take hellip
How to Eat Your Way to Creativity What 8217 s the best fuel for a writer For the 2021 Summer Olympics in Japan 59 year old Yoko Nishimura created a healthy salad to keep athletes in top form and combat the heat She boiled edamame beans added protein rich noodles fresh fruit herbs and vegetables Like athletes authors need energy hellip
In last month s issue we looked at what imposter syndrome is now we ll examine what it might look like why we have it and what we can do about it in order to better understand it Identifying Individuals react and respond differently to their experience of imposter syndrome Researchers found five common types they are hellip
Our characters often need weapons to carry out plot lines but how does an author accurately portray the use or description of a gun when their experience may be limited To help avoid the pitfalls of starting from zero with firearms knowledge this article will tackle some basics Types of Firearms First on the menu hellip
With the resurgence of horror as a popular genre in the last several years the world is seeing a plethora of writers try their hand at it Whether you re conjuring up a spine tingling screenplay or aiming to be the next Stephen King there are things to consider within your horror subgenre especially as it relates hellip
How To Look Back To Move Ahead When I was sixteen years old and had recently experienced my first real romantic heartbreak my stepmother gave me a greeting card from illustrator Mary Englebreit which read Don t look back you re not going that way That beloved card found a home everywhere I ve lived The message resonated hellip
Prepare yourself for the marathon that is NaNoWriMo To many people October is pumpkin spice cable knit sweater and soup season In the NaNoWriMo community October is drum roll Preptober In the weeks and days leading up to NaNoWriMo a lot of us are getting our stories and lives in order Large chunks of time and hellip
Often as creatives we want to stay in our creative worlds and not worry about the minutiae of the business side of things It requires leaving our happy places and doing tedious things like accounting and spreadsheets And worrying about money In some circles I ve heard people say that it s selling out to worry about hellip
Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all 8211 Helen Keller There comes a point in an author s career when they need to be daring For most of us publishing the first book is our first bold step But after that we face the decisions of going full time hiring staff and what will hellip
Meet the couple behind Mountaindale Press the indie publisher shaping the GameLit genre Dr Danielle and Dakota Krout work side by side to run their independent publishing company but only figuratively With Danielle as the CEO and Dakota as the president and an author for Mountaindale Press both work full time to run the company primarily hellip
Whether you re an author with fifty books or five the legacy you leave behind when you die needs to be protected Whilst none of us want to sit down and think about our own demise neither do we want our heirs to have difficulties with our estate It s about practicalities and safeguarding your legacy is hellip
Indie Author Magazine introduces a new section this month with the addition of INSIDER INSIGHTS We welcome Joe Solari noted business expert as our inaugural contributor Submissions are open on our website at Insider If you re an author who has published enough books to know that you have a readership and earn nearly enough or hellip
When you hear the term Outsourcing what comes to mind You are most likely familiar with the concept of hiring external talent for editing and cover design For most indie authors that s as far as they go Partly because at the beginning of their author journey they will likely bootstrap their careers Money is scarce hellip
As your author business grows it becomes more complex In addition to books maybe you ve added a class or merchandise or make appearances and sell books at events Making sure you have somewhere to accurately record all of your income and expenses will simplify your life come tax time Needing a tool for my own hellip
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