by Ali | Nov 12, 2018 | Fiction
I’m doing NaNoWriMo this month – maybe you are too? (For the uninitiated, “NaNoWriMo” stands for National Novel Writing Month. It happens every November, where people all over the world try to write a 50,000 word novel in a month.) This is the eight book-length piece...
by Ali | Nov 5, 2018 | Writing
This is a familiar situation for a lot of writers. You want to write – but you don’t have an idea to actually write about. Whether you’re working on blog posts, novels, short stories, or something else entirely, you need ideas. And it can sometimes feel that ideas are...
by Ali | Oct 29, 2018 | Blogging
Quick announcement before we get into the post: my course “Successful Guest Blogging” is now open for registration. (The course begins on Monday 12th November and runs for six weeks.) If you’d like to blog for large sites, get your name out there,...
by Ali | Oct 23, 2018 | Writing
A few weeks ago, in the Aliventures newsletter, I wrote about how frustrating it can be when the project you’re working on takes a lot longer than you’d hoped. If you missed it, you can read that newsletter online here. (If you’d like to get the newsletter to your...
by Ali | Oct 15, 2018 | 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...
