Articles & Announcements
Every month, we send a newsletter to our community featuring upcoming events as well as an article by one of our knowledgeable team members. This page chronicles the articles, but be sure to sign up for the newsletter to get them in your inbox and to be updated about events.
Sensitivity Reading: What Is It?
Guest Post by Viveca Shearin So, picture this: you’re a person of color reading a book. All is well. You have your favorite cup of coffee and some snacks nearby, you’re snuggled on your bed, and nothing can stop you from reading. Until you come across a scene in said...
read moreDiversity Scholarship to Ooligan Program
Interview with Executive Editor Ali Shaw, originally posted in the Ooligan Press Alumni Newsletter I've always wanted to fund a scholarship. I grew up in poverty, and scholarships were the only thing that gave me hope to be able to go to college, so it's been a...
read moreSavvy Sleuthing: 4 Nontraditional Ways I’ve Found an Illustrator for My Client’s Next Book Cover
by Jenny Kimura, Collaborative Designer As a children’s and young adult book designer, one of my favorite things about the job is that I spend a lot of time looking through artist portfolios, trying to find a handful, in a sea of thousands, that I think would...
read moreBoring but Big: Considering the Material Conditions of Writing
by Cooper Lee Bombardier, Collaborative Editor Recently I scheduled a spate of visits with my chiropractor because the chronic triangle of stiffness and pain that radiates from beneath my right shoulder blade, along my right trapezius, and into the right side of my...
read more7 Ways to Get More Writing Done This Year
By Executive Editor Ali Shaw If, like me, your hope for this year (or dare I say, “resolution”) is to make more progress on your writing, then we’ve got to put some strategies in place to make that happen. Hope is a strong emotion, but unfortunately, it alone will not...
read moreCongratulations to Indigo Student Scholarship Recipient, Elliot Bailey!
Congratulations to Elliot Bailey, the recipient of Indigo's 2021 student scholarship. We can't wait to work with you, Elliot! Here's Elliot's fantastic submission essay: As a queer, specifically bisexual, transgender man, my demographic is severely underrepresented in...
read moreTyping Away Tension and Turmoil
Guest Post by Lauryne Wright, Author of the Other Worldly Series Do you ever become overwhelmed? By life, by news of the day, by that next scene you’re fixing to draft but fretting over? That’s how I feel as I plot book five of my Other Worldly series. Like the last...
read moreWrite Book (Check). Now What?
Things have been hopping around here, and one of our exciting developments is that our founder and executive editor, Ali Shaw, has a book coming out! Write Book (Check). Now What? is a short guide to the publishing basics that new authors need to know. When you’ve...
read moreWeekly Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write
Each Thursday evening between 6:00 and 6:30 Pacific, connect with us online to chat about writing. Then we’ll log off for an hour of writing time. People can continue the conversation by posting their word counts and other writing accomplishments on our Facebook...
read moreCongratulations to Rani McPhearson, Our 2021 Author Scholarship Recipient!
Congratulations to Rani McPhearson, author of Black Librarian, Swimming Upriver, who won Indigo's 2021 diversity scholarship and will receive $1,000 toward Indigo services. We're honored to help you get your book out into the world, Rani!
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