As the third entry in the Elemental Witch League trilogy, The Fog raises the stakes to biblical proportions, opening with Satan and the Nephilim unleashing a supernatural “end-of-days” weapon meant to drown the world in terror and death. From there, the novel widens fast—into a globe-spanning, good-versus-evil conflict where a young “Fundamental Witch,” Susan, and her …
Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
The Jesus Trail: Following in the Footsteps of Christ by Pierce Kelley is a deeply moving and contemplative novel that follows sixteen-year-old Mekhaeil Zacharias, a Coptic Christian, as he undertakes a pilgrimage from Nazareth through the Galilee to Jerusalem. Still reeling from the horrific murder of his two older brothers and nineteen other Coptic Christians …
My ALLi author guest this episode is Michael Maloof, author of award-winning thrillers about a former CIA analyst drawn into conspiracies that stretch across continents. Michael brings to his fiction a background in technology, entrepreneurship, global travel, and real-world tactical training. His books combine action, technology, emotional stakes, and a strong female lead who refuses …
Teenager Winnie, her wizard boyfriend, Kip, and her younger stepbrother, Mikey—multiversal travelers—have just returned to Earth from an alternate world. But a time guardian needs them to stop the nefarious wizard Thaddeus Krell, who’s determined to steal a Frama-scope (a device for traveling to other realms). He’s located in Frama-12, now called Boge-Landia, a place …
It amazes me how often news items come in pairs. And this week sees one of those prima facie unlikely pairs, either of which would be interesting and unusual. The theme? E-book platforms announcing partnerships with social reading apps. Kobo… The post News Summary: Kobo Partners with Storygraph; Everand and Fable Launch Combined Subscription appeared …
: On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway reports on Spotify’s investor day, where the company credited its Page Match feature for a 60 percent rise in audiobook listening hours, notes ElevenLabs’ quiet expansion as a listening platform in its own right, and examines a troubling trend in AI copyright class actions — …
It’s springtime in Nunavut, Canada, and children on Baffin Island are enjoying “the promise of long summer days and warm sunshine.” After an argument with his parents about school, David goes for a walk. Annoyingly, his younger brother, Samuel, tags along. David heads to the beach and starts running out onto the chunks of floating …
This week’s second story is less legally dense and full of plot twists than our first. But no less important. At the center of it is ElevenLabs, the AI-generated voice giant. You will recall that ElevenLabs was in the news last week because of its audiobook partnership with Spotify. This week, a reminder that ElevenLabs …
The prolific biographer Ackroyd turns his gaze to W.H. Auden (1907-1973), a poet who straddled Britain and America, traditional verse and innovative drama, and canonical high culture and an active gay life. Ackroyd’s Auden is a product of his family and his heritage. His name, perhaps, goes back to Old English. His forbears may have …
Orna Ross explores what social media can — and can’t — do for indie authors in a landscape that has changed beyond recognition. Listen for tips on how to audit what social media truly costs you in time, money, and creative energy; a comparison of the top ten platforms for authors in 2026; and questions …
Forty-one-year-old Amber Tambon—surgeon, spitfire, and bride-to-be—readies herself for the wedding of her dreams to her much younger fiancé, Xavier. The wedding venue: Mayguard Manor, a “castle poised upon the waters of Lake Superior.” The castle has been shut down for over 50 years after the disturbing and mysterious deaths of its owners, but it’s opened …
Thanks to Jane Friedman for pointing toward the Writer Beware piece that forms the basis for this week’s first story. Class action lawsuits taken out by rights holders against tech companies for alleged violations related to copyright law committed in pursuit of the development of large generative AI models. That’s a general description of what …