In the newsletter
you talked about being Indie and you shared with people all the direct places to go to publish for free instead of paying somebody else to do what you could have done and gotten the same results.
The temporary trio also
talked about being an indie midlister, reasons for quitting self - publishing, how the indie tide is turning, traditional publishers using lower price points, and Facebook's upcoming monthly fee for promotional posts.
Considering the changes in the publishing world, I thought this would be a fitting time for me to
talk about being an indie writer
Not exact matches
His last two films
were dark
indie movies (True Crimes and The Bad Batch), and he
's been talking publicly
about spirituality, philosophy and even the gospel.
Many in Hollywood say they see the spiritual - memoir - turned - movie as the next hot genre, suggesting there
are ongoing
talks about turning Lauren Winner's «Girl Meets God» into a romantic comedy, Ian Cron's «Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me» into an action flick, Anne Lamott's «Traveling Mercies» into an
indie road trip film, Kathleen Norris» «The Cloister Walk» into something really creepy involving monks.»
Comes from
indie wrestling fans posting spotfests when they
talk about how great
indie wrestling
is.
Here we
talk about why the Bumbleride
Indie is the perfect match stroller for Christina's active lifestyle and her baby registry.
Calling myself a green beauty addict would
be a bit of an understatement... What I enjoy most
is sharing the magic in everyday life with others whether that
's blogging
about my latest beauty and fashion discoveries, acting in
indie film,
talking with a close friend, or singing obnoxiously loud in my car.
Calling myself a green beauty addict would
be a bit of an understatement... What I enjoy most
is sharing the magic in everyday life with others whether that
's blogging
about my latest beauty and fashion discoveries, acting in
indie film,
talking with a close friend, or singing obnoxiously loud in my car.
In many ways this
is indie actor Sean Harris
talking to Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, and Ethan's reply
is perfect - whether it
be about the state of global power or the state of the movie industry - you can't blame The System as though it
is a thing that exists outside of us.
If you make a good film, then it
's worthy of
talking about, just as an
indie drama that
's up for Oscars
is.
As far as the film itself
is concerned, its a credit to its genre, another incredible reason to follow / watch /
talk about indie animation and to share it with your kids so that they can
be educated in film beyond the typical.
Scott Beck: That
's interesting that because you
talk about those having
indie sensibilities.
The remaining slots, if there
are any,
are left for the year's most
talked -
about art and
indie films.
Brian Eno scored the film and Alfonso
talked about getting the legend to
be apart of this little
indie darling.
Your a real idiot man, ofcourse their not going to
talk about it
's specs, neither does Microsoft or Sony, tech websites have already taken Wii U apart and looked at it
's specs, and said that it
's great tech, and the design
is clever because of the fact Nintendo
is giving you some pretty beefy tech at a low cost, also these tech sites have said, «to see what Wii U
is really capable of, we need to see games built for it from the ground up», And Nintendo does have a way better understanding of Wii U
's hardware, they
were even holding classes at GDC last month to tech
indie & 3rd party developers how to cut development time for new games and ported games in half, with a new frame work that they developed specifically for Wii U, and your very stupid if you think that developers
are not going to need to learn how to develop for PS4 & the next Xbox.
Plenty of other female critics, besides me,
are flagging the problem, which includes a scarcity of substantial and complex female characters in narrative films, whether Hollywood or
indie, that fail to pass the Bechdel test (at least one scene with two female characters who have names,
talking to each other
about anything other than a man).
Stardew Valley, if you've somehow
been under a rock and avoided your friends
talking about it at length,
is an addictive
indie farming simulator that launched in 2016 and
is resulting in a lot of people burning through the hours in their day.
WTI's very own Ananda Dillon chats with Bernard
about what she saw of AMC's new Preacher series at WonderCon this past weekend, and if that wasn't enough, the Dastardly Dissenter himself, CJ Prince, chimes in to
talk about the recent controversy surrounding the Tribeca Film Festival and share his
Indie Pick of the Week.
After receiving mostly positive reviews at this year's Sundance Film Festival, «Cop Car»
is guaranteed to become one of the most
talked -
about indie releases of the year following the announcement that director Jon Watts has
been chosen to helm Sony's upcoming Spider - Man reboot.
If you watch This Film
Is Not Yet Rated it talks about how the MPAA is in tight with the major studios, and as a result often give them more leeway than indie film
Is Not Yet Rated it
talks about how the MPAA
is in tight with the major studios, and as a result often give them more leeway than indie film
is in tight with the major studios, and as a result often give them more leeway than
indie films.
As a result, Deadline
is reporting that Warner Bros.
is talking to
indie distributors
about possibly selling the film to a specialty studio and letting them handle the film's distribution.
Bboys and Bgirls, if you've
been smitten with this
indie darling since we've
talked about it PAX West, you
're in for a...
Kevin Smith
is currently in the midst of shooting his
indie horror flick Red State (he released the mysterious first photo via Twitter), but earlier this year he had also
been talking a lot
about his proposed hockey movie Hit Somebody.
Why aren't we
talking — with other writers, on our blogs, on Facebook and Twitter —
about books that have inspired us, whether classics or recent
indie works?
I point you over here, at AuthorEarnings.com, where they
're talking about how there
is a strong shift in ebook purchasing over to
indie - published and Amazon - imprint - published ebooks.
There
is, though, a broader use of the term «
indie» in the writing world now when we
talk about «
indie writers» or «
indie books.»
I think it
's fair to say that when people
talk about the
indie movement in the book world, we
're really
talking about a broad set of configurations from small presses to collectives of writers to individual authors, whether they create their own imprint or just operate as a self - published author in the Amazon or Smashwords universes.
Michael, you
're talking about the slush - pile and call it «
Indie writers».
We also
talked about SFWA, where Jonathan
is the Chairman of the Education Committee and doing a lot to help
indie authors inside of the organization.
When it comes to book promotion she knows what she
's talking about and
indie authors should listen — and act.
When the electronic revolution started to hit books and a few authors discovered how really simple it
was to
indie publish, lots of
talk started
about how writers could get rich by just
indie publishing their first or second book, and a few writers actually did.
This
is very hard concept for many
indie writers to grasp, thus all the constant
talk about promotion and price - changing because a book doesn't sell instantly on one site to some magic idea by the writer of what it should sell or what some friend's book sold.
If you
're talking about a custom order from an
indie store of some specialized title that might take longer; especially if the
indie store doesn't order in carton quantities... and by carton quantities... I
'm not saying all one title but a mixture of books to fill one carton... if that
were the case the order would take longer to ship because of minimum orders.
I think when you
're talking about the wannabes and bad
indie books you
're talking about people without SKILLS, not necessarily people without talent.
I think I've made myself clear in my previous comment — I
am talking about self - publishing when I
talk about «the grand illusion» and other related topics, not «
indie» as you define it — I don't actually use the term «Indie» in my articles for the very reason that there is confusion out t
indie» as you define it — I don't actually use the term «
Indie» in my articles for the very reason that there is confusion out t
Indie» in my articles for the very reason that there
is confusion out there.
And then a few established writers such as Michael Stackpole and J.A. Konrath started
talking to other writers
about the money that can
be made as an
indie publisher, and the control it gives writers.
The term
Indie, used when
talking about self - publishing,
is only its latest identity in the twenty - first century.
Therefore,
indie authors aren't necessarily competing against authors with millions of books in print in thousands of bookstores (you know who we
're talking about!)
It
's only Day One and I've already heard all
about what
Indie authors need to know, learned how to run a great author cooperative, and listened to the great Joel Friedlander
talk about book design basics.
This week Anne
is visiting the Alliterative Allomorph, where she
's talking about how the
indie revolution has positively affected all readers, even if you still only buy paper books at brick and mortar stores.
With so much of the industry divided on the benefits of e-reading versus the damage it can do to the vital
indie bookstores — and with so many of the players in the industry, including BookPeople, divided on Everyone vs. Amazon — an evolution of this kind seems not only natural, but laudable; it means bookstores can still
be the place to turn to for reading content, selection advice, and the sense of community that comes from people getting together to
talk about a book.
With so much
talk in recent news
about the poor quality of
indie authors» works and data that shows that only
about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it
's easy to forget that the traditional publishing industry has its fair share of mistakes, too.
With so much
talk in recent news
about the poor quality of
indie authors» works and data that shows that only
about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it
's easy to forget... [Read more...]
Reach out and e-mail your favorite
indie author (we
're here and we
're hungry to
talk about our work... though, not necessarily
about what you like for breakfast).
Jim
talked about ebooks
being rented from libraries and how it
's a market
indie authors should consider.
She
was an
indie author, and we
were talking about RMFW and how it helped us.
We had a blast
talking about the changes technology has delivered to authors, the essential skills
indie authors need to develop, the new Universal Book Link from Draft2Digital (which
is very cool IMHO), and a variety of other topics.
Just a few weeks ago I
was talking about Indie Author Day coming up.
Keep something clearly in mind as I
talk about this: An
indie publisher
is still a publisher, the same as any traditional publisher.