by Ali | Sep 7, 2011 | Old post
I’m going to be away for the rest of September, travelling round Europe (Bucharest, Brasov, Budapest, Vienna, Venice and Rome!) I’ll have sporadic internet access, but I won’t be blogging. I will, however, be sending out newsletters. Yay! So … if you’re not...
by Ali | Aug 24, 2011 | Blogging
Extra Reading for August: Five of my Recent Guest Posts I’ve been busy guest-posting again this month, so here’s some extra reading that you might enjoy… #1: How to Improve Your Writing Skills by Analyzing Structure on Men with Pens This is a hefty...
by Ali | Aug 16, 2011 | Publishing
Three Indie Author / Self-Publishing Ebooks – Reviewed A few months ago, I wrote about why I’m planning to self-publish my novel, Lycopolis, as both an ebook and a paperback. (More on that in a couple of months!) The ebook world has moved incredibly fast over the past...
by Ali | Aug 11, 2011 | Editing, Old post
Should You Be Writing Shorter Sentences? Last week, I tackled shorter paragraphs. Today, I want to take a look at sentences. Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, sentence length matters. Short, snappy sentences (or even sentence fragments) create a very...
by Ali | Aug 2, 2011 | Editing
Should You Be Writing Shorter Paragraphs? There’s so much to think about when you’re writing – and the exact place you break your paragraphs might seem pretty insignificant. After all, the words are what matters, right? Well … mostly. But the way you use...
