A quick thought today about New Year’s resolutions related to writing.   Did you make any and have you stuck to them?   Personally, I’m certainly more writing-focused after vowing ‘ to do something connected to writing every day ’. I made very little progress in the second part of last year, and by the time December came, I put it off, like everything else, until after Christmas. But I’m happy to say I’m getting back into a routine again and have found my resolution has broug

As 2025 draws to a close, it's time to reflect on the many achievements of our ASPA community this year. MEMBERS The Association of Self-Published Authors remains true to its original promise of being free to all members and ‘ proudly run by self-published authors, for self-published authors’. Today, it has 684 members, all of whom can take advantage of the wide-ranging resources on the website. Click here to learn more. PROSE AND CONS One of the major successes this year ha

If you self-publish your e-books using Amazon KDP, you may have received a notification from them explaining that the policy on Digital Rights Management (DRM) is changing. Here’s a quick summary of what’s happening and how it affects you as an author. What is DRM? DRM on Kindle is a protective technology that restricts how readers can access, copy, or share your e‑book. If you enable DRM when publishing through Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), your book can only be read on Ki

During World War 1, Agatha Christie volunteered to be a nurse and spent a lot of time in the hospital dispensary. She later became an apothecary’s assistant, where she handled pills and lotions every day and learned which concoctions were deadly. This training served her well in later life when she wrote her novels; she was able to give her characters access to innocent-looking plants or household chemicals that could be used for fatal consequences.  Her high level of underst

Career Inspired Many of today’s celebrated authors started out in jobs completely unconnected to writing and used their life experiences to fuel their stories. The 20-million-copy best seller, Atomic Habits,  written by James Clear,  was created after years of blogging. The author was a US college baseball player studying biomechanics when an injury forced him to look at how small habits could lead to life-changing outcomes. He blogged about self-improvement and productivity

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