by Ali | May 22, 2017 | Marketing
How to Create a Free Blog or Website: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writers Most writers, at some point, will want a website. You might use your website: As a way to promote your writing services (e.g. copywriting, freelance writing, editing, or proofreading). As a...
by Ali | Apr 24, 2017 | Old post
The Confident Writer Webinar: Thursday 27th April, 8pm – 9pm (UK time) Do you ever wonder if you should be writing at all? Maybe: You secretly think you’re not really any good at writing You doubt anyone will ever pay you for what you write You’re afraid of receiving...
by Ali | Apr 10, 2017 | Publishing
Why Your Self-Published Book Needs a Professional Cover One of the two crucial things that indie / self-publishing authors should pay for is cover design. (The other is editing.) Here are six different covers. Which ones do you think are self-published? (All of these...
by Ali | Mar 18, 2017 | Fiction
Why Novellas are Making a Comeback (and Five Great Posts for Novella-Writers) A couple of weekends ago, I headed off on an overnight writing retreat and started work on a new fiction project. This is the first time in more years than I care to count (nine, yikes) that...
by Ali | Mar 13, 2017 | Fiction
Everything You Need to Know About Writing Great Dialogue I’ve written a fair amount about dialogue over the past few years … partly because I love writing dialogue! And I figured it was about time I collated those posts in one place. Whether you enjoy dialogue...
