We exist to help
independent fiction authors produce and self - publish amazing books, and to teach them how to build engaged audiences so those books get the attention they deserve.
As a freelance editor for
independent fiction authors, I network with a lot of indie authors on social media, and I know that being an indie author can be tough.
As
an independent fiction author, I was at a loss when it came to publicity for my book.
Now, this isn't a non-fiction example, but best - selling
independent fiction author Amanda Hocking is very active on Twitter and Facebook interacting with readers and promoting her books.
Not exact matches
Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button»
Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories
Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut
Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper
From there, it's only a matter of time before an
independent author blows the top off of the science
fiction or fantasy markets and does it without the help of a major house.
When I first decided to become an
independent author and self - publish after having gone the trad route with nonfiction and made a few attempts to go the trad route for
fiction, I knew next - to - nothing about the social media circus I was about to join.
Another source for finding freelancers who work specifically with indie
authors self - publishing
fiction and creative nonfiction is the Association of
Independent Publishing Professionals (AIPP), which has a searchable directory of service providers.
Experienced with publishers and
independent authors,
fiction and non-
fiction (including academic work).
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Fiction Tagged With: Alliance of
Independent Authors, David Gaughran, Freedom, Ivory Tower, Jennifer Weiner, Orna Ross, Purity, Salman Rushdie, The Corrections, The Guardian, The New Yorker, Time Magazine
AD loves teaching
authors the tools they need to grow and has shared her knowledge by presenting at Book Expo America and in features with The Alliance of Independent Authors, The Creative Penn, The Author Biz, and The Crime Fiction Coll
authors the tools they need to grow and has shared her knowledge by presenting at Book Expo America and in features with The Alliance of
Independent Authors, The Creative Penn, The Author Biz, and The Crime Fiction Coll
Authors, The Creative Penn, The
Author Biz, and The Crime
Fiction Collective.
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Fiction Tagged With: Alliance of
Independent Authors, Anne R. Allen, Center for
Fiction, David Gaughran, Editorial Freelancers Association, Let's Get Digital, Let's Get Visible, Orna Ross, publishing, Sangeeta Mehta, writing
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Author Websites
Centralized reporting of direct - from -
author sales is tougher to come by, but by all anecdotal measures the
independent market has taken off, notably in the also - still - large category of adult
fiction.
Lisa Poisso is a
fiction editor and book writing coach working with
independent authors and new
authors seeking representation.
The experience of collaborating with six other
independent authors to create an open - source, science
fiction universe was an adventure all its own, (see the background on the Paradisi Chronicles here), but I hadn't anticipated how nervous I would be about actually publishing my own novel in this new universe.
Arthur McMahon, an
independent author of science
fiction and a journalist.
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You can also go cruise on Google for other «best of 2015»
fiction lists, such as those from or by Small Presses, Independent Publishers, more Indie / Self - Pubbed authors, Debuts, Flash Fiction, and on
fiction lists, such as those from or by Small Presses,
Independent Publishers, more Indie / Self - Pubbed
authors, Debuts, Flash
Fiction, and on
Fiction, and on and on.
I am a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA), a founding member of the Association of
Independent Publishing Professionals (AIPP), a member of the
Authors Guild, an affiliate member of the Science
Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), and I have been a supporting member of WorldCon since 2016.
These four Outskirts Press self - published books include two adult
fiction and two adult nonfiction works by talented
independent authors.
Infinity Publishing's New Releases blog showcases our
independent author's new releases in
fiction and non-
fiction genres.
Last year, in 2013, I've made the ranks of the Top 100 Best Seller
Authors in Science
Fiction a few times and I've been contacted by two
Independent publishing houses to feature my work.
Candace Johnson is a professional freelance editor, proofreader, writer, ghostwriter, and writing coach who has worked with traditional publishers, self - published
authors, and
independent book packagers on nonfiction subjects ranging from memoirs to alternative medical treatments to self - help, and on
fiction ranging from romance to paranormal.
Anywho, for those
authors looking to develop
independent paths toward sustainable wages, look up
Fiction Vortex and send us a query.
We publish bilingual editions and
fiction anthologies and provide services to
independent authors.
As a firm supporter of
independent authors, publishers and bookstores, she has recently taken on the role of UK Editor for the Historical Novel Society Online Review for self - published historical
fiction produced in the UK.
Bloomsbury Publishing, an
independent publisher of
fiction for children and adults, announced in May of this year that they would begin releasing digital titles of out - of - print works whose rights had reverted to the
author or the
author's estate.
Tidewater Press is a Canadian
independent literary press, publishing
fiction by new
authors offering fresh perspectives on contemporary issues, and non-
fiction by writers speaking to defined, special interest constituencies.
The objective, in addition to expanding the professional growth of all the participants, is to study the impact of the
independent author - publisher on the commercial
fiction industry.»
Dan Ames is an international bestselling
author and winner of the
Independent Book Award for Crime
Fiction.
Steve is also an aspiring «PhD wannabe» (his words, not mine) whose knowledge of literature runs from an entrenched understanding of the classics to those works of literary
fiction developed by
independent authors in more recent times.
Speaking on The Self Publishing Podcast,
independent author David Wright found that this type of promotion works, especially with writers who work in genre
fiction.
If you're constantly changing
fiction genres with each and every book you publish as an
independent author starting out, you won't get the benefit of building that loyal readership that is willing to buy your books because they know what to expect.
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My interview series with
authors of literary fiction is going strong thanks largely to the contributions of the many talented members of the Alliance of Independent Authors and other committed a
authors of literary
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Independent Authors and other committed a
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Andrew Lowe is the 16th
author to participate in my interview series with
independent authors of literary
fiction.
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Eric Slade is the 15th
author to participate in my interview series with
independent authors of literary
fiction.
Rosaline Riley is the 14th
author to participate in my interview series with
independent authors of literary
fiction.
How can
authors of YA historical
fiction stay true to historical realities while also presenting the strong,
independent female characters that contemporary readers have come to expect?
The only
author in history to win the best novel Edgar Award for consecutive novels, John has also won the Barry Award, the Southern
Independent Bookseller's Award for
Fiction, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and the North Carolina Award for Literature.
Keith Dixon One Stop
Fiction «I would say the Alliance of
Independent Authors is definitely a good thing — it's a very active organisation that's involved at a high level in the world of publishing, while at the same time having a great (private) Facebook group where you can get advice on all kinds of stuff, from copyright law to good cover designers to where the best local independent b
Independent Authors is definitely a good thing — it's a very active organisation that's involved at a high level in the world of publishing, while at the same time having a great (private) Facebook group where you can get advice on all kinds of stuff, from copyright law to good cover designers to where the best local
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independent bookshop is.
Limit those figures to
fiction, where
independent authors operate, and it tells a far more interesting story.
Our Self - Publishing Issue features a comprehensive collection of articles on the rise of the
independent author, including an overview of options, expert advice, and important warnings for self - published writers; profiles of Eat, Pray, Love
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fiction writer Andre Dubus III; an essay on the short stories of Denis Johnson; tips on how to be a good literary citizen; and much more.
Katherine is a former journalist turned
fiction editor who works mainly with
independent authors and small publishers.
Accomplishments
Independent Publisher Book Award (Bronze) for BLOOD OF A STONE in the national category of religious
fiction Finalist for 2015
Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards for BLOOD OF A STONE Fellowships from Ragdale and the Arizona Commission on the Arts MFA in Writing, Vermont College of Fine Arts 1st place, WOW!
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As an editor, I offer editing and publishing services to
independent authors of speculative
fiction, mystery, and romance, so I would love to see posts on writing craft, self - publishing, and marketing aimed at these niches.