by Ali | Jan 15, 2014 | Marketing
Is Social Media a Good Thing for Writers? (Pros, Cons and My Tips) (Image from Flickr by Jason A. Howie) Should writers be on social media, or should they stay away? By “social media”, I mean sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest. (Technically,...
by Ali | Jan 8, 2014 | Creativity
How to Create a Writing, Publishing and Marketing Plan for the Year [Includes Template] Did your writing go as well in 2013 as you hoped? If not, you’re definitely not alone! My plans didn’t quite work out either. In fact, “plans” is probably a bit generous. Often,...
by Ali | Dec 23, 2013 | Motivation
2013 in Review and Seven Posts You May Have Missed The past twelve months have been exciting and busy ones for me. Here are a few highlights: March 2013 – Kitty was born! I blogged about her a couple of months later, here. June 2013 – I opened the doors of Writers’...
by Ali | Dec 9, 2013 | Old post
Blogger’s Guide Half-Price Sale for Charity Super-quick version: All four of my Blogger’s Guides are half-price from Mon 9th – Sat 14th December All the money raised in that time will go to Divya Shanthi, a small charity in Bangalore, India Details of the guides...
by Ali | Nov 5, 2013 | Fiction
Let’s Get Spooky: Writing Workshop Recap I’ve not been to nearly as many workshops and classes this year, due to a certain little person taking up a lot of my time… But my friend and fellow writer and blogger Lorna Fergusson of fictionfire runs inspiring...