If you've found us and are wondering who we are, here's a little intro! We're an events and community platform designed to support indie authors and creatives to become to the best versions of themselves. Led by @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social, @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social and @timhardieauthor.bsky.social.

We're going to be going live from StageDoor Studios in 15 minutes! Join Holly and the studio team as they battle it out to have their pet peeves begone forever. Who will be victorious? Watch it here to find out! #writingcommunity #writerslife www.youtube.com/live/4VqbclJ...

Begone! StageDoor Studio Special

Part of The Big Weekend: The Stagedoor Studio team go head to head in a bid to make their pet peeves begone forever. But who will be victorious?🎙️ New to...

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We're all ready to go! Our live writing sprint starts in 15 minutes! Grab a drink, grab your WIP and come join us in the chat! See you there! #writingcommunity #indieauthors #writerslife www.youtube.com/live/YE5x8fs...

Live Write-A-Long Session

Part of The Big Indie Weekend: Writing doesn’t have to be a lonely business! Come join the usual suspects as we help you up your word-counts...🎙️ New to str...

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We're excited for this one! Our Marketing for Introverts panel goes live in 15 minutes, with Alex, GJ, Trudie, LL and Steve, come and join the chat here ⬇️ #writingcommunity #authorevent #indieauthors #bookmarketing www.youtube.com/live/627x7QY...

Marketing for Introverts

Part of The Big Weekend: Does the idea of speaking at a convention leave you in a cold sweat? Is TikTok your idea of torture? Alex and guests discuss the cha...

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Oh ho! Yes!!! Let me indoctrinate... I've been told I can't use that word. Let me brainwash... nope. I will be talking worldbuilding and character building. Join us as I seduce you into my cult-- *indie representatives bundle me away from social media*

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Announcing our first in-person event for 2027! We're excited to be bringing The Writers Studio: Writer Development Day to Shrewsbury on 27th Feb 2027. We're also thrilled to welcome @annasmithwrites.bsky.social as our workshop leader for the event. TICKETS GO ON SALE SUNDAY!

Our first panel of The Big Indie Weekend goes LIVE in 15 minutes. Click the link to head over and join Phil, Iseult, Trudie, Anthony and Helen for a chat about The Art of The Twist...#writingcommunity #authorevent #indieauthors www.youtube.com/live/-kMBw1u...

The Art of The Twist

Part of the Big Weekend: In this panel we will talk about the difference between surprising the reader and misleading them, and how to avoid twists that feel...

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Announcing our first in-person event for 2027! We're excited to be bringing The Writers Studio: Writer Development Day to Shrewsbury on 27th Feb 2027. We're also thrilled to welcome @annasmithwrites.bsky.social as our workshop leader for the event. TICKETS GO ON SALE SUNDAY!

It's me! And a load of authors cleverer than I am! Come chat with us about world building!

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Next up on The Big Indie Weekend, Alex, Michael, Berna, Adam and KR will be discussing how to build cultures and societies into your world. They go LIVE in 15 minutes - click the link to watch www.youtube.com/live/FtlMZ0V...

Hope you'll join us later to talk about #writing, #books, #authors and things like that. The Big Indie Weekend is free! @spotlightindie.bsky.social is where it's at this weekend and it starts tonight! #writingcommunity #lovereading #indieauthor #indieauthorcommunity #booksky #authorsky

Don't forget we've got our editing panel tomorrow at 7pm BST/2pm EST - join Holly, Tim, Liam, Chantelle and Phil to discuss editing techniques and tools www.youtube.com/live/wxB5laL...

How to Kill Your Darlings

Part of The Big Weekend: Sometimes the story demands difficult choices! We will be discussing the art of editing, cutting what doesn’t serve the narrative an...

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Experienced editor, affordable rates! Payment plans available. Want your worldbuilding to amaze, mysteries compel, characters burrow into readers' hearts? Openings aplenty. First booked receives a 20% discount!

SHARE THE LOVE! Seen a KickStarter you'd love to back? We'd love to help you back it! We're offering to fund a pledge to celebrate The Big Indie Weekend. You chose the project, we cover the pledge, you get the reward. #indieauthors #indiebooks

We're so good to you, we're not just feeding your minds, we're feeding your bellies too! One lucky UK-based person who tunes into our Fantastic Fantasy Feast panel on Saturday will get a pizza delivered to eat while you watch. Want a slice of the action? You'll have to join the chat! 🍕 🍕 🍕

With The Big Indie Weekend just a few days away, we're gathering intel like a bunch of spies (not very good ones clearly). What do spies need? Maps! Drop a picture of your world map below in celebration of this super panel ⬇️ We may even share some on the live stream! #writingcommunity #indieauthors

Our penultimate Saturday panel during The Big Indie Weekend will be Marketing For Introverts, Alex S. Bradshaw will be moderating the chat, so bring your questions for Steven Pannett, LL MacRae, Trudie Skies and GJ Terral! #indiebooks #authorevent #writingcommunity #indieauthorcommunity

ARCs are now live for The Sport of Wings, my debut #fantasyomance, featuring more dragons than you can shake a stick at, and high-stakes, adrenaline-fuelled racing of said dragons. And ROMANCE. godblind@anna-stephens.com to request. #indieauthor #hybridauthor #dragonbook

Today is the release of The Chosen One Con! I'm gonna post my promo later cos I'm going to the cinema to see Coyote vs. Acme lol, but if you preordered it on Itch.io, you should be able to download it now!

It's Sunday video time! This week, Alex is talking about goblins on the moon (what else is new?), as we look at turning an idea into a story and making it work. youtu.be/GkYnXIXgz7k?...

How to Turn Your Idea Into A Story

Stuck on how to turn your awesome idea into an awesome story? Well, we're here to help! Alex is full of advice on how to turn that idea into a story and we take the goblin idea from last week and…

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THE BIG INDIE WEEKEND IS BACK! Not seen our epic line up yet? 25th to 27th September, 3 days of awesome indie authors and creators. Online panels, live streams, an RPG, writing sprint, giveaways and an exciting event announcement...SEE YOU THERE!

TOMORROW! Want to get eyes on the cover and read the first chapter before everyone else? Hie thee to my newsletter sign up today for the exclusive! anna-stephens-newsletter.beehiiv.com

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I'm going to reveal the cover for The Sport of Wings in my newsletter this Friday. Not only that, I'm going to be sharing the first chapter, too, so if you want a sneak peek to help you decide whether to sign up for an ARC, be sure to join! anna-stephens-newsletter.beehiiv.com

Whee, we hit 50 followers on the Kickstarter page for Forest of Stone! 🎉 Less than 2 months to go until launch... 📘🗡️🌲🦈💀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/emm...

Coming soon: Forest of Stone: A Deluxe Epic Fantasy Hardcover

New release special edition for Book 1 in a dark epic fantasy trilogy with twisted magic, cursed forests and morally grey characters.

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Live Write-A-Long! with Alex S. Bradshaw, Frank Dorrian, Tim Hardie and HL Tinsley...starts at 2pm BST today! www.youtube.com/live/I2s3Q0A...

I did a thing, for @spotlightindie.bsky.social . They have an awesome ‘library’ of short stories so you can get a taste of various authors’ writing. Want to hear a little of mine? This is a flashback memory, from Laytha a character in my Aulirean Gates series. youtu.be/L26Wa41Ek-A

Spotlight Library: 'New Hope' by J.E. Hannaford, a prequel story

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Do you want to do some writing with us? ✍️ On Sunday I'll be doing live writing sprints with the brilliant H L Tinsley and fantastic Frank Dorrian on the Spotlight Indie YouTube channel. We'll be starting at 2pm (UK time), come join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImjY...

Live Write-A-Long! with H L Tinsley, Frank Dorrian, and H L Tinsley

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What if The Windborn Sagas got their own Netflix series?! We can dream, right? (this is not real, by the way, just a bit of fun!)

My Award Winning (Quantum Shorts) #ScienceFiction #ShortStory with a brief introductory chat, courtesy of @spotlightindie.bsky.social and @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUpn... Give it a listen! (For FREE!)

In response to 'how are you?' I just wrote: "I'm thanks!" Rather than, I'm good thanks so yeah, that about sums it up

With The Sport of Wings, my indie debut, publishing at the end of summer, and An Honesty of Thieves coming out through @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social next March, now is the time to sign up to my newsletter for sneak peeks and writing updates! anna-stephens.com/get-in-touch/

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Ready for a short story? This week, we're taking another dive into the Spotlight short story library with a reading of Ana by Liam Hogan. You can watch and listen here! youtu.be/JUpnG83xLlk

Full cover reveal and teaser details of MEMORIES OF FIRE now live on FFA! fanfiaddict.com/cover-art-re...

COVER ART REVEAL: Memories of Fire (Book One - Faithless Gods) by L.L. MacRae | FanFiAddict

Title: Faithless GodsSeries Title: Memories of FireAuthor: L.L. MacRaeCover Art: Andrew MaleskiGenre: Epic FantasyRelease Date: Q4 2026 Something new arises ...

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