Why Creative Sovereignty Matters More authors than ever are exploring independent publishing. They want control. They want faster timelines. They want ownership. They want to be treated as creators, not products. But as the word “indie” has grown more popular, it has also grown more confusing. Not every company that calls itself “independent” actually is.…

By Nina Amir, author of Change the World One Book at a Time: Make a Positiveand Meaningful Difference with Your Words Writers’ conferences might represent the most underutilized resource available to writers. Yet,attending a conference can transform you from an aspiring to a published author. Not all conferences are created equal, nor are all writing…

I attended the San Francisco Writers Conference for the first time in February of 2025. Not knowing what to expect, I signed up for a concierge appointment with Nina Amir. Since I was specifically there to pitch my memoir to publishers, Nina encouraged me to research each publisher’s requirements and set up as many pitch…