You might remember that a few months ago, I mentioned that I was going to be launching a new blog about blogging. Well ... it’s nearly ready! If you’re a blogger and you want to hear more about it as it launches, just pop in your email address in the box below: If...
Blog On is currently open for registration: the first module begins on Monday 28th May. Registration closes at the end of this Thursday (24th May), so if you’re interested, do check it out as soon as you can! Blog On (Spring 2018) – get all the details...
Over the last eight years, I’ve written hundreds (probably thousands!) of blog posts for dozens of different blogs. I’ve also written quite a bit about blogging. Today, I wanted to share five of my favourite pieces about blogging, all published here on Aliventures...
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If you’re a novelist, should you have a blog? Opinions differ! You might have been told that you should blog, because you need to build a platform, or because it’s a good way to get people onto your site and then onto your mailing list, or because...
How’s 2017 been for you? It’s been a mixed year for me: in some ways, I accomplished a lot more than I was expecting (I wrote a whole novella that I hadn’t even thought of back in January) ... but inevitably, some of the projects I’d planned to do didn’t...
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If you’ve ever thought about starting a blog – or a website of any sort – you'll have run up against a major decision point. It needs a name. Choosing what to call your blog tends to be wrapped up in a whole host of other problems – like knowing what topics you want...
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Whatever your reasons for blogging, your blog will consist of posts: individual pieces of content, like articles in a magazine. Your posts might be long, short, or a mixture. They might be part of an ongoing series, or they might be complete in...
If you’re not already blogging, you’ve probably wondered whether you should be. If you are already blogging, you’ve probably wondered whether it’s a waste of time. As you might guess from the very existence of the Aliventures blog, I’m a fan of blogging....
I'm still on maternity leave (baby Nick due in just a week, on the 15th!) My husband Paul is handling business-related things for me, so if you have any questions about the sale, please drop him an email at paul@aliventures.com. In case you missed my post...
I'm still on maternity leave (baby Nick due in just a week, on the 15th!) My husband Paul is handling business-related things for me, so if you have any questions about the sale, please drop him an email at paul@aliventures.com. While I normally do a...
This is the second in a series of three posts about some of the sessions I attended at BlogWorld Expo, New York 2012. The full series is: BlogWorld #1: “Should I Self-Publish or Get a Book Deal?” with Scott Stratten and Jim Kukral BlogWorld #2: Chris Brogan’s “Lessons...
As well as blogging here on Aliventures, I hop around the web, taking advantage of other people's lovely blogs and readers too (and you may well have found Aliventures through one of my guest posts...) Here's where I've been over the past week: All the below links...
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 guest post where I dig deep into an ebook and a blog post to demonstrate...
I haven’t written as many guest posts as usual this month, because I was busy with The Blogger’s Guide to Irresistible Ebooks. I really enjoyed writing it, but I’m kinda glad to have it done and out there! Of course, with ebooks on my mind, there was a pretty obvious...
(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 blogging about what I learn, so stay tuned... (Grab...
(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 lovely Ainslie Hunter has been encouraging...
(Photo of me is thanks to my fantastic father-in-law!) For a couple of years now, I've been caught between two different worlds. There's the blogging world. Your world. The world where I write these posts, and read other people's work, and make a living. Then there's...
In the comments on Eight (Non-Blogging) Things I Learnt at Blog World, Mary E. Ulrich wrote: Sounds like a wonderful trip and lots of lessons. And this is before I even hear about the good stuff you’ve learned. Thanks for letting us share some of your excitement about...
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