by Ali | Aug 6, 2015 | Motivation
If You’ve Only Got 15 Minutes, Is It Even Worth Writing? Sometimes, life is so busy that it’s a real challenge to find any writing time at all. Right now, my two delightful little ones take up a lot of time and energy. We’re also about to move house and writing time...
by Ali | Jul 16, 2015 | Publishing
Are Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing Both Offering a Next-to-Impossible Dream? Image from Flickr by Jonathan Rolande. Back in December 1998, I spent my 14th birthday money on Nigel Watt’s book Writing a Novel and Getting Published. And for quite a few...
by Ali | Jun 25, 2015 | Editing
When and Why You’ll Want to Pay People to Help You Write Image from Flickr by Images_of_Money. Should you pay for help with your writing? And when in your career should you do so? These can be really tough questions to face. After all, you probably want to make...
by Ali | Jun 2, 2015 | Old post
Writers’ Huddle Open for New Members (Only Until Friday June 12th) As of yesterday, my community / teaching site, Writers’ Huddle, is now open for new members. 🙂 The last time I took in new members was before I headed off on maternity leave in November, so...
by Ali | May 28, 2015 | Motivation
There’s Never Enough Time to Write: Here’s Why I’m back from maternity leave! In fact, I’ve been sort-of-back for over a month. But this post maybe explains why the blog has been so quiet… Kitty and Nick, May 2015 I’m going to take a shot in the dark and guess...