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Aliventures Summer Break 2025 – Eight Posts to Catch Up On
Summer’s here in the UK and I’ll be taking some time off from blogging. I’ll still be sending the Aliventures newsletter weekly (though it may not always be on a Monday over the summer). To get that, just pop your email address in here: If you have some downtime over...

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Subtext is what’s unspoken or implied. It’s what lies beneath the surface-level meaning of what someone says or does. We’re all familiar with subtext in everyday life. Let’s say a family member asks, “Have you lost weight?” There could be all kinds of subtext: perhaps...

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We’re halfway through 2025 – how’s your writing been going so far this year? If you’re hitting your goals, fantastic! Take a moment this week to celebrate. 🙂 If it’s not going quite how you wanted, that’s okay. You’ve still got six months…