by Ali | Dec 11, 2017 | Motivation
Twelve Wise and Inspiring Quotes About Writing December is always a big month for me: I love celebrating Christmas and the New Year, of course, but it’s also when my birthday falls (on December 12th). For me, this time of year always involves some reflection on how...
by Ali | Dec 4, 2017 | Freelancing
Can You Freelance Just on the Weekends? I had a great question in from a reader last week. He explained that he was in a full-time job and asked if it was possible to freelance just on the weekends. I’ll give you the good news first: Yes, it absolutely is. Many...
by Ali | Nov 13, 2017 | Fiction
Short Story Competitions: Are They Worth Entering? Over the years, I’ve entered a fair few short stories into competitions. I’m a novelist by inclination, and so most of my fiction writing has been on much longer projects … but I’ve found short stories a great...
by Ali | Nov 6, 2017 | Blogging
Has Your Blogging Gone as Well as You’d Hoped in 2017? Announcing Blog On How’s 2017 been for you? It’s been a mixed year for me: in some ways, I accomplished a lot more than I was expecting (I wrote a whole novella that I hadn’t even thought of back in January)...
by Ali | Oct 30, 2017 | Creativity
Is Your Writing Just an Expensive Hobby (and So What If It Is?) Do you see your writing as a profession or a hobby? Or both? While some writers insist that writing is much more than a hobby – it’s a job, a business, even a calling – you might find it helpful to (at...
