by Ali | Jun 3, 2013 | Motivation
The How and Why of Working With Your Inner Critic Image from Flickr by fakelvis The real secret is that anyone can write a book. There’s no initiation ceremony. No dues to pay. You don’t need a special degree from a fancy school. Writing is for everyone, and this is...
by Ali | May 24, 2013 | Creativity
Seven Common Misconceptions About Writing … and the Reality I used to have a lot of fuzzy ideas about the writing life. From my early teens, I knew I wanted a career as a writer … but I had no clear picture of what that involved. Since then, I’ve slowly...
by Ali | May 14, 2013 | Fiction
Eight Ways Writing a Novel is Like Becoming a Parent Kitty at one month. If you’ve been following Aliventures for a while, you’ll know that my husband and I have a baby daughter. She’s two months old now and, over the past weeks, I’ve come to realise that although...
by Ali | May 7, 2013 | Old post
What’s Been Happening … and What’s Coming Up Next I’m back! And the picture above hopefully gives you some idea what I’ve been up to… Our little girl, Kitty (Katherine Constance Luke), was born on Saturday 9th March 2013, weighing 8lbs 6oz. She’s two...
by Ali | Jan 24, 2013 | Motivation
Aliventures Break (While Ali Has a Baby!) More bump photos here. As you can probably tell from the photo above, I’ll be having a baby soon (due date is 21st February). This is our first child; my husband and I are very much looking forward to welcoming her into...
