Leveling Up Your Literary Citizenship: Mentorship, Craft, and Making It Work for You

/ INDIE PUBLISHING, Marketing, Networking / 6 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

Welcome back! If you’ve been following along, you already know that Literary Citizenship is a way to boost the entire writing community—indie authors included—while connecting with fellow writers and readers. But it’s more than just signing up for newsletters and hitting the like button on Instagram (though, keep doing that too!). In this post, we’ll […]

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Literary Citizenship – Time to Make It Sexy Again

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If there’s one concept that deserves a sexy reboot, it’s Literary Citizenship. Especially for indie authors! You’ve probably heard the term tossed around a lot, usually when people are talking about supporting other writers, giving back to the literary community, or showing up for the books you love. But how do we make that actually

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The Lure of Traditional Publishing

/ Stoicism & Perspective / 5 minutes of reading / 2 Comments

If you’ve never been traditionally published, it can look downright seductive. Like that mysterious, jaded blues singer in a smoky dive bar who has everyone mesmerized, it all seems so magical—until the lights come up and you realize the spell is broken, and so is the illusion.

I’ve been traditionally published. And most of the time, I will say “never again!” and mean it down to my very bones.

But, every once in a while, I’ve wondered if writing a “throwaway” book for a traditional publisher might score me some of the last remaining perks of that world.

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The Pros and Cons of Dictating Fiction

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Is It Worth the Effort? I’m not entirely sure why I haven’t written a dedicated post about dictation before now. I’ve mentioned it in passing, and it’s come up in discussions, but never in its own spotlight. Maybe that’s because my relationship with dictation has been a bit of a rollercoaster. Let’s just say, I’ve

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The Big Indie Author Data Drop 2024 Has Dropped

/ Finance, Money Management & Frugality, INDIE PUBLISHING / 2 minutes of reading

the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), who have begun to provide annual surveys and reports on indie earnings and other demographics.

Just recently, they released their 2024 Big Data Drop. It’s an overview and summary of various industry reports, showing trends, changes, and other datapoints.

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Why Now Is the Best Time to Be an Indie Fiction Writer

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Jane Freidman, at her blog just a few days ago, wrote a post, “Like It or Not, Publishers Are Licensing Books for AI Training—And Using AI Themselves.”

The post is a refreshingly blunt take on how AI is settling into the publishing industry. I will leave it to Jane to explain how, even for indie authors, there is new money to made from the AI phenomenon, if you’re smart and wrangle your contracts.

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