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...
by Ali | Nov 17, 2011 | Old post
The Best Thing I’ve Ever Written (Now Available…) You might have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet recently. I was away at BlogWorld (and had a blast!) and I’ve also been busy putting the finishing touches to my novel, Lycopolis. This novel...
by Ali | Oct 24, 2011 | Creativity
The Digitalisation of Reading (and Writing) Image from Flickr by Poldavo (Alex) Computers are changing the way we read – and the way we write. Paper books and publications tend to belong to one reader (though some are held in libraries). They’re damaged by...
by Ali | Oct 14, 2011 | Old post
One of the highlights of my (admittedly nerdy) calendar is BlogWorld Expo. It’s a conference about blogging and all things social media … and it’s full of people like me. Yeah, that might well put off anyone normal – but as I’ve mentioned before, writers aren’t...
