by Ali | Jun 15, 2011 | Editing
How to Cut the Waffle From Your Writing – and Grab Readers’ Attention (Image from Flickr by Unhindered by Talent) Have you ever read a book that was way too wordy? (For me, Stephen Covey’s otherwise excellent 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes to mind…)...
by Ali | Jun 6, 2011 | Motivation
Writers Aren’t Normal (And That’s a Good Thing) Image from Flickr by Dvortygirl If you’re a writer – or if you want to be a writer – then you’re not normal. Most people don’t want to write. They might day-dream about being a best-selling novelist – just like they...
by Ali | Jun 2, 2011 | Old post
Tomorrow (Friday), at 23:59 PST, I’m going to be closing registration for my newest ecourse, Blog On. It’s an eight-week course delivered online, so you can read the lessons at any time of the day or night. There are plenty of members in through the doors already, and...
by Ali | May 30, 2011 | Old post
My newest ecourse, Blog On, is now open for registration. Huzzah! You can get all the details on the Blog On page, but here’s the quick run-down: Eight week course, delivered online Step-by-step guidance to take you through four key types of blog post … so that...
by Ali | May 24, 2011 | Blogging
Extra Reading: Six of My Recent Guest Posts (Image from Flickr by barry.pousman) You might have seen posts from me popping up on other writing-related sites around the net. (You might well have come to read Aliventures as a result of one of them – if so, welcome!) The...