by Ali | Jul 11, 2011 | Fiction
Winchester Writers’ Conference, 2011, Part Two: Plot and Other Tips You can read Winchester Writers’ Conference, 2011, Part One: Characters here. Today, I wanted to share a little more of what I learned at Winchester Writers’ Conference. I was there for two-and-a-bit...
by Ali | Jul 7, 2011 | Fiction
Winchester Writers’ Conference, 2011, Part One: Characters As you might have seen in my last post, or on Twitter (I’m @aliventures), I was away last weekend at the annual Winchester Writers’ Conference here in the UK. Run by the energetic, lovely and irrepressible...
by Ali | Jun 27, 2011 | Old post
[guestpost]This Twitter party happened a while ago now! If you’re interested in help with sales pages, I suggest checking out Naomi Dunford’s handy Marketing Templates (which include lots of nifty tips for sales page layouts and content). Or, stick around...
by Ali | Jun 24, 2011 | Blogging
Extra Reading for June: Six of My Recent Guest Posts (Photo thanks to London contemporary portrait photographer Antonina Mamzenko) Next week, I’m off to Winchester Writers’ Conference for several days of seminars, workshops and assorted writing fun. Hurrah! 🙂 I’ll be...
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…)...