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Matty Dalrymple
Indy Publishing your own Short Fiction

The traditional short fiction market simply can’t accommodate all the excellent stories that deserve to reach readers. But with an indie mindset, you don’t have to rely on gatekeepers. In this session, Matty Dalrymple—co-author of Taking the Short Tack: Creating Income and Connecting with Readers Using Short Fiction—shows you how to publish short stories, novelettes, and novellas on your own terms. You’ll learn how to package your work as standalones, collections, or anthologies; produce professional-quality editions without overspending; and distribute across ebook, print, and audio platforms. You’ll discover how to protect your rights, repurpose stories for ongoing income, and use short fiction as a tool for reader engagement, market research, and brand building. Whether you’re looking to monetize backlist shorts, test new creative directions, or connect more deeply with your audience, you’ll leave with a roadmap for making short fiction a powerful part of your author business.

Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, beginning with Rock Paper Scissors; the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, beginning with The Sense of Death; and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts, including Close These Eyes. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. Go to mattydalrymple.com > About to learn more and to sign up for her occasional email newsletter.

Matty also educates and advocates for writers as The Indy Author. She is the host and producer of hundreds of episodes of The Indy Author Podcast and has spoken on topics related to writing and publishing at events such as the Writer’s Digest annual conference, ALLi SelfPubCon, Author Nation, Authors Guild webinars, International Thriller Writers’ CraftFest, and many more. She writes nonfiction books for writers, and her articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest magazine. She is an Alliance of Independent Authors Partner Member. Go to theindyauthor.com > About & Contact for more information about Matty’s non-fiction work and to sign up for her weekly email newsletter.

Matty lives with her husband, Wade Walton, and their dogs in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and enjoys vacationing on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and Sedona, Arizona, and these locations provide the settings for her novels.