As a freelance developmental editor based in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, she helps kidlit and YA authors strengthen big-picture elements such as plot, tone, conflict, point of view, theme, characters, and setting.

Listen in!

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Your host, Ross Lynch, ALLi’s Global Community Lead, will:

• Provide an introduction to your ALLi membership, including how to access and use your benefits
• Outline what new members often focus on first, and where to go for help and support
• Give a short overview of ALLi as an organisation and our role in the indie publishing community

The session ends with a live Q&A, focused on membership and getting started. More detailed or technical questions will be directed to the most appropriate resource or team.

Questions can be asked live via the chat, or submitted in advance in the comments.

A replay will be available for members who can’t attend live.

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The Self-Publishing News Podcast stream is proudly sponsored by PublishMe—helping indie authors succeed globally with expert translation, tailored marketing, and publishing support. From first draft to international launch, PublishMe ensures your book reaches readers everywhere. Visit publishme.me.

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To celebrate the launch, we’re running an exclusive member-only LIVE series where we break the book down chapter by chapter, giving you the chance to understand the framework at a deeper level and, most importantly, apply it directly to your own work.

Each session will:

• Walk through chapters in a focused, practical session

• Help you apply the promotion framework to your own books and goals

• Answer your questions so you can work through any challenges in real time

This series runs monthly throughout the summer and beyond, so it’s something you can come back to as your promotion evolves: a regular check-in to make sure what you’re doing is really working for you.

Questions can be asked live via the chat, or submitted in advance in the comments.

A replay will be available for members who can’t attend live.

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The Self-Publishing News Podcast stream is proudly sponsored by PublishMe—helping indie authors succeed globally with expert translation, tailored marketing, and publishing support. From first draft to international launch, PublishMe ensures your book reaches readers everywhere. Visit publishme.me.

The post PODCAST DROP: Latest Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway appeared first on The Alliance Independent Authors.

The Self-Publishing News Podcast stream is proudly sponsored by PublishMe—helping indie authors succeed globally with expert translation, tailored marketing, and publishing support. From first draft to international launch, PublishMe ensures your book reaches readers everywhere. Visit publishme.me.

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ALLi’s Member Wellbeing Sessions are a bi-monthly space for members to step back from the pressures of writing and publishing, together, to reconnect with a healthier, more sustainable creative practice.

Hosted by ALLi’s Campaigns Lead, Melissa Addey, and Sarah Begley, ALLi’s member desk lead, these gently structured sessions combine grounding reflection with honest conversation about the emotional realities of author life.

This session explores the success factors that help neurodivergent and cognitively impaired authors thrive – and why those insights apply to every one of us.

We’ll open with a f-r-e-e-writing prompt to get you grounded, then explore together:

• What ‘time, space and grace’ actually means as a daily practice — and why so many of us deny ourselves all three

• The neurodivergent author experience: late diagnoses, working styles, and what the community said when asked honestly

• Working with your natural rhythms and neurology rather than fighting them

• Why strategies designed for neurodivergent authors often turn out to be good practice for everyone

This is a space to be honest about how you actually work — not how you think you should.

We know that writing and publishing never get easy, so members at all levels are welcome. Participation is encouraged, but never required. You’re welcome to share as much or as little as feels right.

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The Self-Publishing News Podcast stream is proudly sponsored by PublishMe—helping indie authors succeed globally with expert translation, tailored marketing, and publishing support. From first draft to international launch, PublishMe ensures your book reaches readers everywhere. Visit publishme.me.

The post PODCAST DROP: Latest Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway appeared first on The Alliance Independent Authors.