by Ali | Mar 5, 2018 | Fiction
Four Dangerous Pieces of Advice for Writers (And What to Do Instead) Any writing-related advice that says you should always or never do something can generally be taken with a very large pinch of salt! I’m sure you’ve heard lots of poor writing advice over the months,...
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by Ali | Feb 26, 2018 | Blogging
Three Different Ways to Approach Blogging as a Novelist [With Examples] If you’re a novelist, should you have a blog? Opinions differ! You might have been told that you should blog, because you need to build a platform, or because it’s a good way to get people onto...
by Ali | Feb 15, 2018 | Creativity
Could Firmer Boundaries Help You Dramatically Increase How Much You Write? Back when I was a student, I had long vacations. Sometimes, I’d attend my previous writing group, back in my home town, where members would bring about 1,000 words of their work-in-progress to...
by Ali | Feb 5, 2018 | Marketing
Seven Ways to Market Your Self-Published Novel Congratulations! You’ve published your first novel (or maybe your second or your third) and now you’re ready to market it. This can be a daunting moment. I think all of us secretly hope that our novel will be miraculously...
by Ali | Jan 30, 2018 | Marketing
Your Website is Always a Work in Progress Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of authors, bloggers and freelancers launch their websites. They rarely start out with a massively, gorgeous site. They normally begin with something simple but workable: perhaps it’s a free...
