by Ali | Jul 18, 2016 | Creativity
Should You Write Faster? Here’s What Four Indie Authors Do (Plus My Take) By a lot of people’s standards, I’m a pretty fast writer. For the last 12 years or so, I’ve been able to comfortably produce 1,000 words an hour (sometimes to the envy of writing group...
by Ali | Jun 27, 2016 | Marketing
Marketing Your (Self-Published) Novel: Five Books Reviewed Long-time Aliventures readers might remember that the first half of 2012 was a little hectic for me. I’d just launched my first novel, Lycopolis, and started Writers’ Huddle … and I had five months to...
by Ali | Jun 20, 2016 | Publishing
What Should You Pay for When You Self-Publish a Novel? One reader asked me to write about, “Self-publishing, whether to use editors, cover designers etc and how much is a reasonable amount to pay them.” This is a big and important question, and one I wanted to tackle...
by Ali | May 30, 2016 | Old post
Join Writers’ Huddle Today (Because I’m Closing the Doors Tomorrow) Just in case you’ve missed the news over the past couple of weeks … … Writers’ Huddle is currently open for new members. If you’ve not heard of Writers’ Huddle before, it’s a private...
by Ali | May 16, 2016 | Motivation
Are You Planning Your Writing Career … or Winging It? If you’re a novelist, you’ve probably come across two different camps of people: the “plotters” and the “pantsers” (seat-of-the-pants writers). While there’s no right way to approach a novel, I’ve definitely...
