by Ali | Feb 14, 2017 | Editing
Is it OK to Use Swear Words in Your Writing? Swearing. Cussing. Strong / bad / foul language. Whatever you want to call it … can you use it in your writing? Yes. It’s your writing, and you can do whatever you want! Of course, there are reasons you might decide...
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by Ali | Jan 30, 2017 | Editing
Ten Book-Level Mistakes to Watch Out for When Redrafting Your Fiction [With Examples] A few weeks ago, I posted about sentence-level mistakes: ones that are easy to spot from a page or a paragraph of writing. Even if you write flawless prose, though, it’s possible to...
by Ali | Jan 23, 2017 | Motivation
Is a Fear of Technology Holding Back Your Writing Career? Here’s What to Do Do you ever wish you could simply write and that somebody else would take care of all the technological side of things? I know a lot of writers do, just as a lot of writers wish that somebody...
by Ali | Jan 9, 2017 | Motivation
How I Wrote More Fiction in 2016 than In Any Other Year (Despite Two Small Children) I finished two full drafts of my novel, the third Lycopolis book, by mid-November 2016 … the most fiction I’ve ever written in a year. This is despite 2016 being a pretty...
by Ali | Nov 13, 2016 | Publishing
Interview with Mark Gottlieb, New York Literary Agent What are literary agents really after? Do they want first-time authors who’ve already built a huge platform … or simply a great book? New York agent Mark Gottlieb, who’s currently building his list, has been...
