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043: How to Make a Full-Time Income as an Indie Author with Lydia Sherrer
Ready to take the next step and become a full-time author? Listen in as indie author, Lydia Sherrer, shares her secrets to success. IN EPISODE 43 YOU WILL LEARN: How a picture from a sister, fan fiction and dark fantasy turned into a series about a librarian and a...
042: Expert Strategies on How to Research Your Novel
Ready to get your creative juices flowing? Listen in to this episode for tips on where to start when researching your novel. IN EPISODE 42 YOU WILL LEARN: Where to start when researching your novel. Setting the parameters for your world, magic, and characters. What...
041: How to Declutter and Increase Productivity as Indie Authors with Ally Deatherage
Can decluttering help you be more productive? Listen in as Ally Deatherage shares her pro tips on decluttering your home and increasing your productivity. IN EPISODE 41 YOU WILL LEARN: Why you should pivot to finish and publish a project.Determining when (and if) you...
Indie Author Lifestyle was founded in 2019 by International Bestselling Author Angela J. Ford (the pantser) and YA Fantasy Author, Stephanie BwaBwa (the plotter).
Indie Author Lifestyle was created to support and encourage indie authors and enthusiasts at all stages of their careers by providing weekly advice, resources, and best practices for finding success as an author.
On the podcast we discuss topics related to the craft of writing, the technical aspects of publishing, creative ways to market your book (even if you’re on a budget), author platforms, branding, and the everyday lifestyle of indie authors.
We go beyond writing, marketing and publishing to discuss real issues that affect indie authors, like burnout, writer’s block, health and balancing a career while taking care of family, working other jobs and going through life changes.
What you do in life counts and Indie Author Lifestyle is all about supporting your author career AND your life.
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How a Business Plan Can Help You Achieve Indie Author Success
Storytelling may be a craft and a calling, but publishing is an industry. If you’d like to publish and profit from your stories, then you must treat writing as a business. After all, indie authors are neither employees nor independent contractors. They’re small...
Mining Your Main Characters: Working Backward to Create Fully Fleshed, Compelling Protagonists
Readers don’t care what’s happening unless we care who it’s happening to. This is the truest truism I know about writing—that character is the vehicle in which readers travel through your story. We don’t rave about a story of the savant-like solution of seemingly...
Plotters Edition: How to Pre-Write Your Novel In 6 Steps
Plotters tend to love a good roadmap to turn to when it comes to tackling their stories. Pre-writing a novel is a surefire way to avoid a messy draft and more revisions than you'd want. In this article we'll discuss some steps for you to consider so your drafting...
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