You can find all the past posts on Aliventures here:
2018
- (15 Oct) Twelve Excuses Writers Make (and How to Overcome Them) (Writing)What are your excuses for not writing? I’m sure they’re good ones, because I have plenty of good excuses, too! And I don’t want you to think I’m being dismissive or unkind about your excuses – our reasons for not writing are generally based on real difficulties, or real fears. So if you’ve used any of the excuses on this list...
- (08 Oct) Seven Reasons to Try Freelance Writing (Even if You’ve Never Considered it Before) (Writing)I got into freelancing by accident. Almost eleven years ago now, I started a blog (not this one – it took me a couple of attempts to settle on a homebase online). To try to get more readers, I submitted a “guest post” to a much bigger blog...
- (01 Oct) Welcome Back to Aliventures: Here’s What’s New (News)It’s taken me a little longer than I’d hoped … but the new Aliventures is now here! Hurrah! (And welcome back.) 🙂 If you’re reading this on the website, rather than in your inbox or RSS reader, you’ll see that things are looking quite different! This is what the front page of the site used to look like:
- (23 Jul) The Two Scenes in Your Novel That Will Need the Most Rewriting (Fiction)Novels are tricky. There’s so much to juggle that no-one gets it quite right the first time round … and most authors end up doing wholesale rewrites, rather than just making a few editorial tweaks. I’ve come to accept that rewriting is just part...
- (17 Jul) The Four Essential Stages of Writing (for Anything You’re Working On) (Writing)Do you struggle to focus when you’re writing, or do you find yourself starting and stopping a lot? It might be because you’re skipping certain stages of the writing process without even realising. In my post, 7 Habits of Serious Writers, I cover...
- (25 Jun) The Right Way to Expand a Too-Short Piece of Writing (Writing)One common issue that standard writing advice covers is how to cut down your first draft. And this advice comes up time and time again for a good reason. It’s easy to over-write, perhaps telling the reader things that you’ve already shown them, or using five words where...
- (11 Jun) Three Things to Do Before You Start Freelance Writing … and Three Things Not to Bother With (Freelancing)Are you thinking about freelancing? I’ve known a lot of writers who spent quite a while in the “thinking” stage without moving forward. It’s very understandable. Launching a freelancing career can feel like an enormous step...
- (04 Jun) Choosing the Right Viewpoint and Tense for Your Fiction [With Examples] (Fiction)Who’s telling your story? Perhaps the choice is easy and obvious: you’re writing from a particular character’s viewpoint in the first person (“I”) and the whole story is from their perspective. Or perhaps it’s trickier than that. You’ve got a story to tell...
- (16 Jul) Are Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing Both Offering a Next-to-Impossible Dream? (Publishing)
- (04 Oct) How Do Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing Compare? [Video + Transcript] (Publishing)
About
I’m Ali Luke, and I live in Leeds in the UK with my husband and two children.
Aliventures is where I help you master the art, craft and business of writing.
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If you're new, welcome! These posts are good ones to start with:
Can You Call Yourself a “Writer” if You’re Not Currently Writing?
The Three Stages of Editing (and Nine Handy Do-it-Yourself Tips)
My Novels
My contemporary fantasy trilogy is available from Amazon. The books follow on from one another, so read Lycopolis first.
You can buy them all from Amazon, or read them FREE in Kindle Unlimited.