by Ali | Oct 25, 2012 | Fiction
4 Reasons You Should Do NaNoWriMo … and 4 Reasons You Shouldn’t If you read blogs about writing, or follow writers on Twitter, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the word “NaNoWriMo” recently. In case not – NaNoWriMo is short for “National Novel Writing Month”....
by Ali | Oct 8, 2012 | Old post
If you’ve been reading Aliventures for a while, you might have heard me mention Writers’ Huddle before. It’s my teaching / community site for writers, and the doors are open for new members to join this week. (Want the full details straight away, or ready to join...
by Ali | Oct 4, 2012 | Old post
Announcement: Writers’ Huddle is now open for new members! You can get all the details here. Update: I’ve added the transcript to this post, and improved the volume level on the video. Something a little different today! I gave a presentation at a Society...
by Ali | Sep 25, 2012 | Old post
Are you a blogger … or would-be blogger? Can you get to London in the UK for a day? (Sorry to all the international Aliventures readers, I know this probably rules you out!) I’ve teamed up with the fantastic Joe Williams of Joe Wills to run day-long...
by Ali | Sep 20, 2012 | Motivation
What’s Lurking in Your Desk Drawer? Four Authors’ Success Stories [Guest Post] Image from Flickr by me and the sysop Today’s post is a guest piece from Anne Emerick, who sent me a fantastic proposal a couple of weeks ago. As you might guess, given...