Indie Author Resources
When it comes to writing, publishing, and editing, it can be difficult to find resources that are trustworthy, and it can take hours to search around the web for something useful.
We're here to make that easier for you! We have compiled a list of resources that we trust.
We will be updating these lists regularly, so please let us know if we should add anything or if there's a broken link.
Happy writing!
WRITING, STORYTELLING, SELF-EDITING
Brandon Sanderson (free): 2020 Creative Writing Lectures at BYU
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
Editing Fiction at Sentence Level by Louise Harnby
Indie Author Weekly podcast by Sagan Morrow
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story by John Yorke
Kobo Writing Life Podcast by Kobo Writing Life
Louise Harnby Indie Author Resources
Mythcreants (Fantasy & Science Fiction for Storytellers)
On Writing by Stephen King
Rabbit with a Red Pen: Writing Resources
Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing podcast by Mark Leslie Lefebvre
Start Writing Fiction free course
Tanya Gold has a list of Recommended Writing Craft Books
The Editing Podcast by Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle
The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture by Gail Carrier
The Magic of Fiction by Beth Hill
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know by Shawn Coyne
Writing Excuses podcast by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Margaret Dunlap, Mahtab Narsimhan, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells
CONSCIOUS LANGUAGE AND INCLUSIVITIY
AUTHOR GROUPS
BOOK DESIGN
PUBLISHING
Jane Friedman’s Self-Publishing Resources
Jane Friedman’s “The Key Book Publishing Paths”
Mark Dawson’s Self-Publishing Formula
The Book Marketing Show with Dave Chesson
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers by Joanna Penn
The Independent Publishing Magazine
Sell More Books Show by Bryan Cohen and H. Claire Taylor
BOOK DISTRIBUTION
COVER DESIGNERS AND ILLUSTRATORS
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