Indie April

Indie April Teaching, Writing, and the Real Stories Behind the Classroom

In 2022, I taught a group of students who made their first leap into the world of publishing, by writing and releasing their own tiny Kindle books. It wasn’t about perfecting the craft; it was about the raw experience of doing it and figuring it out along the way. My book Indiana Joes is my reflection on that experience — what it’s like to guide students through their first big creative step while navigating my own struggles and realizations.

The following year, I worked with another class, this time on bigger projects: a mix of fiction and nonfiction. I gathered the beginnings of their stories into Summer Samplings, to show them that their first steps, messy as they were, had value — real value.

Not everything in life is neat, and that’s exactly how I like it.

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