by Ali | Sep 24, 2013 | Creativity
Write More Easily: Understanding, Embracing and Moving Beyond Resistance Image from Flickr by William Brawley In this month’s seminar for Writers’ Huddle, I talked about resistance – a powerful force that can stop us writing, if misunderstood and unchecked. Resistance...
by Ali | Sep 10, 2013 | Old post
My New Blogging Job and The Blogger’s Guides Flash Sale You might have seen the news on Twitter or Facebook, but in case not … I’m now Head of Content over at the shiny new relaunched Zen Optimise (which is now Tribe SEO) … a fancy way of...
by Ali | Sep 3, 2013 | Motivation
Failed to Reach Your Writing Targets? Me Too… (Image from Flickr by Rennett Stowe) For the last six weeks, I’ve had a straightforward weekly writing target to meet: 3,000 words on my novel. And for two of those six weeks, I failed. Of course, there have been...
by Ali | Aug 13, 2013 | Motivation
The One True Path to Writing Success? (Image from Flickr by wendysoucie.) Want to know the secret? There is no one true path. There is no one right way. Sure, some bestselling authors / writing tutors / self-proclaimed gurus might insist that their way is the way...
by Ali | Aug 6, 2013 | Motivation
Want to Know the REAL Secret of Productive Writers? [Guest Post] (Image from Flickr by juliejordanscott.) Ali’s note: A big welcome to Nick Thacker, who’s been zooming around the blogosphere recently with guest posts on tons of the big writing blogs I read. I’m...