Indie Authors In Exeter Writers
Indie Author Week runs this year from 11th to 18th June. While the traditional route to publication has for a long time been via an agent and a publishing house, technology now provides a number of different options, including small publishing houses; hybrid deals; or the fully independent route.
Publishing as an indie involves
exactly the same processes as the traditional route: writing an excellent
story; getting it professionally edited and proof-read; designing a
professional cover; using the appropriate technology to produce a quality
product in a variety of formats; selling and distribution; and most important
(and difficult) of all, marketing. The only difference is that an indie author takes
responsibility for ensuring everything is done, even if they don’t do it all
themselves.
And the indie route is one chosen
with great enthusiasm by a number of members of Exeter Writers, as you can see
below.
Multi-award winning short story
writer, Dianne Bown-Wilson has published
two collections to date. Instructions
for Living is a tempting and eclectic selection of thirty-two
prize-winning short stories which was published in 2017. Degrees of Exposure
is the latest collection of award-winning contemporary short stories from a
master wordsmith.
Elizabeth Ducie
Elizabeth Ducie writes both
fiction and non-fiction. Her fifth novel, Murder
at Mountjoy Manor, published in 2021, is a cosy crime novel set
in a fictional village in Devon. Her collection of short stories, Coombesford
Calendar volume I, was published in April 2022.
Appropriately for Indie Author Week,
Elizabeth also writes the Author Business Foundations series, the latest of
which is Part
4 Independent Publishing.
Cathie
Hartigan is the owner of Creative Writing Matters, and one of the team that
runs the Exeter Novel Prize. Her second novel, Notes from the Lost, is a compelling WW2 story of
kindness and betrayal. Two friends go to war, but when only one returns, why
isn’t it to a warm welcome? Cathie’s debut novel, Secret of the Song, was
shortlisted for the Hall and Woodhouse DLF prize. It is a time-slip mystery set in contemporary Exeter and
renaissance Naples. Both novels are reduced to just 99p on Kindle this week, in
celebration of Indie Author Week.
Angela Wooldridge
Angela
Wooldridge is the current Chair of Exeter Writers. She has published an
uplifting, entertaining and thought-provoking collection of short stories under
the mysterious title of Witches’
Knickers. To find out what it’s all about, you’ll have to buy the book!
And there’s more…
Exeter Writers has published a number of anthologies over the years. Some are completely sold out and out of print. But our latest, Flashlight: Flash Fiction Stories To Brighten Your Day is still available.
Finally…
Other Exeter Writers who have also taken the indie route include: Richard Handy and Simon Kettlewell. Margaret James has collaborated with Cathie Hartigan on a highly-popular series of guides for writers.
Keep an eye out for other special offers during the next few days, and help us celebrate Indie Author Week.
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