by Ali | Dec 13, 2011 | Old post
A huge thank you if you bought an ebook, gave a donation or retweeted my post during the Blogger’s Guides sale last week. We raised over $1,000 ($1,010.80) for Divya Shanthi: that’s £631.75. Last year’s total was $600, so I’m thrilled we...
by Ali | Dec 9, 2011 | Old post
You might remember that in early November, I was in L.A. talking at BlogWorld about ebooks. The lovely BlogWorld folks told me that I can share my session recording here on my blog – hurrah! This is the first video I’ve ever posted on Aliventures, so I hope you...
by Ali | Dec 6, 2011 | Old post
Quick version if you’re in a hurry: All three of my Blogger’s Guides are half-price from 6th – 11th December All the money raised in that time will be going to Divya Shanthi, a small charity in Bangalore, India And now, the slightly longer...
by Ali | Dec 1, 2011 | Publishing
6 Reasons Why I Chose to Self-Publish my Novel Seven months ago, I wrote a rather provocatively-titled post here on Aliventures: Why I’m Giving Up on My Dream. I explained why the writing dream of “get an agent” then “land a book deal” wasn’t looking so great to me...
by Ali | Nov 22, 2011 | Motivation
Six Common Writing Excuses (And How to Overcome Them) Image from Flickr by lowjumpingfrog I promised I’d share some of what I learnt at BlogWorld, which took place from 3rd – 5th November. It was a fantastic three days packed with great teaching and awesome...
