These publishing experts are grateful for creative rest

Posted on November 24, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The holiday season is in full swing in the United States, and no doubt many of you are feeling stretched...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Joanna Penn, Motivational

How to choose an author pen name, if it's right for you

Posted on November 23, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The idea of a pen name — and more specifically, the phrase nom de plume — sounded so glamorous to...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Marketing / promotion, Penny Sansevieri

Thinking big with ALLi and Joanna Penn

Posted on November 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independent Authors and Joanna Penn are both excellent at encouraging authors to think about the bigger picture...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Joanna Penn, Motivational, Publishing, The business of writing

ALLi tackles contract and Amazon questions

Posted on November 16, 2022 at 9:24 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independent Authors featured some great questions in its member Q&A recently. You can take it in three...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

ALLi's current take on the changes at Twitter

Posted on November 9, 2022 at 11:19 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No matter your opinion on Elon Musk and his acquisition on Twitter, you likely have some questions about what it...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Social media and websites

Monday motivation, times three

Posted on November 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your favorite writing and publishing experts know you need a little extra boost this morning. Joanna Penn shared an excerpt...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writer's Digest

There's a push to keep book events hybrid, for maximum accessibility

Posted on November 2, 2022 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independence Authors's weekly business roundup is out. The headline item was, not surprisingly, the ruling blocking Penguin...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Author events, The business of writing

ALLi: Yes, Audible's return policy is changing ... but only slightly

Posted on October 20, 2022 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When Amazon announced the changes to its ebook return policy, many minds likely turned to the audiobook world. After all,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Audiobook

Covering the basics: What a book designer wants authors to know

Posted on October 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our standard caveat applies: We think it's best that authors hire a professional cover designer, unless they happened to also...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Cover design, Jane Friedman

Understand your publishing type to build a better team

Posted on October 5, 2022 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

None of us can do it all, no matter what "it" is. So of course you've heard about the benefits...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), The business of writing, Writing advice