by Ali | Apr 5, 2011 | Creativity
How to Get Your Writing Project Started – in Four Easy Steps I posted yesterday about On Track, my seven-week writing ecourse. I thought you might like a little taste of the course, so here’s a shortened, modified version of the first lesson. You can also...
by Ali | Apr 4, 2011 | Old post
Back in January, I was excited (and a bit nervous) as I launched my very first ecourse, On Track. A bunch of fantastic students signed up, and we had a brilliant six weeks: starting new projects and restarting stalled ones, working through lessons and assignments,...
by Ali | Mar 31, 2011 | Publishing
Why I’m Giving Up on My Dream This isn’t a post I ever imagined I’d write. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a novelist. Half a lifetime ago, when I was thirteen, I started working on my first novel. (It was pretty crap, for the...
by Ali | Mar 23, 2011 | Publishing
Indie Publishing: What I Learned from SXSW I’m back! As you might know, I was in Austin, Texas for the annual South by South West (SXSW) Interactive conference. So what did I get up to? Well, I spent a lot of time hanging out in coffee-shops and at...
by Ali | Mar 8, 2011 | Old post
Everything I Know About Biz, I Learnt From Naomi Dunford This post is in honour of Naomi Dunford’s birthday. Feel free to eat cake while reading it… The IttyBiz front page I buy a fair few ebooks on biz-related matters. And I take online classes. I read...