by Ali | Oct 6, 2014 | Indie-Publishing
Review: Business for Authors, by Joanna Penn Back in early 2011, I made the decision to self-publish my novel Lycopolis – and that was largely inspired by Joanna Penn, who was then bringing out her first novel Pentecost. Fast forward three and a half years, and Joanna...
by Ali | May 22, 2014 | Indie-Publishing
Why Writers Should Fear Obscurity, Not Piracy Image from Flickr by pasukaru76. There’s one question that seems to crop up more than any other in my email inbox, and when I’m talking about self-publishing. And that’s: How do I stop people stealing my book? A lot of new...
by Ali | Sep 17, 2012 | Indie-Publishing
You may well have seen the news on my Twitter account, Facebook page or through the Aliventures newsletter … but in case not … My new book, Publishing E-Books For Dummies, came out last week. 🙂 I know some lovely Aliventures readers have been eagerly...
by Ali | Dec 1, 2011 | Indie-Publishing
Seven months ago, I wrote a rather provocatively-titled post here on Aliventures: Why I’m Giving Up on My Dream. I explained why the writing dream of “get an agent” then “land a book deal” wasn’t looking so great to me anymore. And I outlined my plan to publish...
by Ali | Aug 16, 2011 | Indie-Publishing
A few months ago, I wrote about why I’m planning to self-publish my novel, Lycopolis, as both an ebook and a paperback. (More on that in a couple of months!) The ebook world has moved incredibly fast over the past year, and there are more and more self-publishing...
by Ali | Mar 31, 2011 | Indie-Publishing
This isn’t a post I ever imagined I’d write. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a novelist. Half a lifetime ago, when I was thirteen, I started working on my first novel. (It was pretty crap, for the record, but I learnt a lot.)...
