by Ali | Oct 14, 2019 | Freelancing
When you start freelancing, it’s very easy to make mistakes that end up costing you time or money. This isn’t a reason to put off starting until you’re sure you’ll get everything 100% right first time round. There will always be some things that you don’t do...
by Ali | Oct 7, 2019 | Freelancing
I’m republishing this post from last year to kick off our four-week series on Exploring Freelance 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...
by Ali | Sep 16, 2019 | Business
This post was originally published on Aliventures in May 2016, and updated in September 2019. So you’ve made a plan for the next few months. For a month or two, everything goes fine. You’re writing regularly, hitting your targets, and feeling great about your...
by Ali | Sep 9, 2019 | Writing
Are you getting as much writing done as you’d like? Are you seeing the success you want? For most writers, the answer is “no” … and that’s perfectly normal. Maybe, for instance, you thought that quitting your day job to freelance would give you plenty of time to...
by Ali | Sep 2, 2019 | Writing
Sometimes, you feel like your story hangs together pretty well … until you re-read your whole draft. That’s when you notice all the places where it’s not quite working. If there’s a tiny inconsistency (like a character changing eye colour half way), that’s...
