by Ali | Jul 20, 2012 | Life
First, a bit of Aliventures (and Ali!) history… Back in 2008, when I started blogging and freelancing, I got into personal development writing. I began blogging at Dumb Little Man and Pick the Brain (and have been a regular on those sites ever since). When I...
by Ali | Jun 5, 2012 | Life
It’s a rare event when I welcome a guest writer to Aliventures, so please give a warm welcome to D’vorah Lansky. I’m one of the speakers in her awesome Digital Publishing Virtual Summit (and you can listen to all the sessions for free). More details about the Summit...
by Ali | Sep 7, 2011 | Life
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 11, 2011 | Life
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 different effect from long, complex,...
by Ali | Jun 27, 2011 | Life
[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...
