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The publishing revolution has already happened. Indie authors now control 51% of all ebook sales, with 1.7 million books self-published in the US in 2022 versus just 10,000 from traditional [...]

Last month, I found myself helping my half-Mauritian friend set the table for a lunch with her relatives in Point d'Esny – and getting it all wrong. This simple mistake taught me everything about [...]

The path to publishing your first book is filled with both practical challenges and moments of pure magic. In both this blog and my next subscriber-only Monday Writing Motivation mailer, […]

Our Author Q and A series celebrates All About Writing community members. We hope this blog will inspire you to write, help motivate you to get to the finish line, […]

Our Author Q and A series celebrates All About Writing community members. We hope this blog will help motivate you to get to the finish line, offer support to the […]

You’re invited to join All About Writing for an exclusive webinar with Tertius van Eeden, CEO of Print on Demand South Africa. He’ll talk about exactly how to publish your book to [...]

I’ve been indulging in a deep dive into cosy mysteries and police procedurals, many of them independently published by their authors, rather than by established, traditional publishers. My [...]

Ever asked yourself  any of these questions? What exactly does a professional book editor do? How does development editing differ from copy-editing, for instance? What’s really involved [...]

How do you go about developing a character? I think every major character must have certain aspects to their personality in order for them to become real in my mind, […]