Back in March 2010, I started this blog. Weeks later, in the Year of the #Ashtag, I descended on Earl’s Court for my very first London Book Fair. Breathless newbie that I was to this writing and publishing game, I […]
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Back in March 2010, I started this blog. Weeks later, in the Year of the #Ashtag, I descended on Earl’s Court for my very first London Book Fair. Breathless newbie that I was to this writing and publishing game, I […] March 25th, 2017 | Tags: Alliance of Independent Authors, London Book Fair, Research, self-publishing | Category: ALLi, Authors, Events, Insights, Writing life | 6 comments This week’s guest, multi-published Joanna Maitland, knows all about loving her characters, but to ring the changes from the ‘Love me, love my character’ series, I’ve asked her to give as some of her valuable expertise. What am I talking about? Read on… Joanna Maitland’s first historical romance went through the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New […] November 25th, 2016 | Tags: advice, Feedback, indie publishing, RNA, self-publishing | Category: Authors, Books, Getting published, Guests, Romantic Novelists' Association, Writing life, Writing skills | 15 comments STOP PRESS: video added below! Scarcely recovered from the Historical Novel Society Conference, I was back on the plane ten days later en route to a rainy London and […] October 3rd, 2016 | Tags: Alliance of Independent Authors, Books, Getting published, historical, indie publishing, Roma Nova, self-publishing | Category: ALLi, Authors, Books, Events, Readers, Writing skills | Leave a comment I’ve published 12 books – seven novels, two novellas, a short story collection and two non-fiction (as at 2021) – via the indie route since 2012, but in the preceding three years I learnt how to write for publication. More importantly, I learnt writing techniques: structure, plot, dialogue; how to delete adverbs, adjectives and over-writing; […] January 18th, 2016 | Tags: Alliance of Independent Authors, Getting published, Hard graft, indie publishing, self-publishing | Category: Agents, Authors, Getting published, Insights, Q&A, Writing life, Writing skills | 26 comments What does ‘independent’ mean? “Having independent means” – economically self-sufficient “Independence Day” – departure from the another country’s dominion “Independence in law” – e.g. ancient Roman emancipation from the parent’s legal authority “The Independent” – A newspaper with no financial or political ties […] September 1st, 2015 | Tags: Alliance of Independent Authors, conferences, Historical Novel Society, HNS indie reviews, indie, indie publishing, RNA, Romantic Novelists' Association, self-publishing | Category: ALLi, Authors, Awards, Romantic Novelists' Association | 30 comments |
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