Birthday Charity Sale – Get the Blogger’s Guides Half-Price!

December 6, 2012

Quick version if you’re in a hurry: All three of my Blogger’s Guides are half-price from 6th – 11th December All the money raised in that time will go to Divya Shanthi, a small charity in Bangalore, India Details of the guides are towards the bottom of this post Read on for the slightly longer [...]

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Starting Your Writing Journey: Two Easy Ways to Get Inspired

November 27, 2012

Image from Flickr by a.dombroswki On a fairly regular basis, I get comments and emails from fledging writers who want to know: Where do I begin? How do I decide what to write about? Am I crazy to pursue this writing dream? Often, these new writers don’t have much support from the people around them. [...]

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The Delivery Men – Guest Short Story by E.J. Newman

November 15, 2012

Something different today! The wonderful E.J. Newman is on a short story tour, and I’m thrilled to be hosting one of her stories. (I also recommend signing up to get her stories straight to your inbox; they’re always a great read and a nice break from the usual run of emails!)   In 2013 the [...]

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Is the Kindle the Future of Literature or the Death of Publishing?

November 8, 2012

I’m delighted to have a guest post today from Megan Hopkins, one of Author Attic’s writers, today. Megan takes a look at the Kindle (and e-readers in general), discussing one of the most debated questions of today’s literary aficionados: whether ebooks spell the end of paper books and traditional publishing.  Image from Flickr by kodomut [...]

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What if You’re Not a “ProBlogger”? Five Great Alternative Reasons to Blog

November 1, 2012

Image from Flickr by Danddalf A fair amount of conventional blogging advice is aimed at people who see themselves as bloggers (rather than writers – or even business owners) and who want to build and “monetize” a blog: often called “ProBlogging”. While some people do very well from this type of blogging, you don’t have [...]

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4 Reasons You Should Do NaNoWriMo … and 4 Reasons You Shouldn’t

October 25, 2012

If you read blogs about writing, or follow writers on Twitter, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the word “NaNoWriMo” recently. In case not – NaNoWriMo is short for “National Novel Writing Month”. It takes place every November, where writers all over the world (256,618 last year) aim to write a 50,000 word novel in [...]

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How Much Should You Plan Before Starting a Novel?

October 16, 2012

Thinking of writing a novel (perhaps for National Novel Writing Month)? Pretty much the first decision you’ll need to make is how much planning you’ll do in advance. Some novelists like to plan out every chapter before they begin. Others pick up a blank page, write the first line, and keep going from there. Most, [...]

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Take Your Writing Further with Writers’ Huddle: Open for New Members Until Friday 12th

October 8, 2012

If you’ve been reading Aliventures for a while, you might have heard me mention Writers’ Huddle before. It’s my teaching / community site for writers, and the doors are open for new members to join this week. (Want the full details straight away, or ready to join right now? Head on over to Writers’ Huddle. [...]

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How Do Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing Compare? [Video + Transcript]

October 4, 2012

Announcement: Writers’ Huddle is now open for new members! You can get all the details here. Update: I’ve added the transcript to this post, and improved the volume level on the video.  Something a little different today! I gave a presentation at a Society of Young Publishers event in Oxford last month, and thought that [...]

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Join Me in London to Learn More About Blogging (and Social Media)

September 25, 2012

Are you a blogger … or would-be blogger? Can you get to London in the UK for a day? (Sorry to all the international Aliventures readers, I know this probably rules you out!) I’ve teamed up with the fantastic Joe Williams of SEO Training to run day-long training workshops on blogging, in a fantastic venue [...]

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