by Ali | Dec 10, 2018 | Creativity
Should You Keep Writing Even if It’s Not Fun Any More? I mentioned in the Aliventures newsletter a couple of weeks ago that I finished NaNo on 23,000 words: not all that close to the 50,000 words I’d been aiming for! So what happened? Several things: I had...
by Ali | Nov 26, 2018 | Marketing
What it Feels Like When Your Writing is Rejected – and How to Bounce Back Note: This post was first published in July 2012 and updated in November 2018. One reader asked me: “I’d like to know what it’s like to get rejected by a publisher or several (if that’s ever...
by Ali | Nov 20, 2018 | Motivation
It’s Not Just About Making Time: How Can You Find the Energy to Write? Making time to write can be tough. Whenever I ask people about their biggest writing challenges, “finding time” usually comes top of the list. For most of us, though, it’s not...
by Ali | Nov 12, 2018 | Fiction
Eight Easy(ish) Ways to Finish the First Draft of Your Novel I’m doing NaNoWriMo this month – maybe you are too? (For the uninitiated, “NaNoWriMo” stands for National Novel Writing Month. It happens every November, where people all over the world try to write a 50,000...
by Ali | Oct 15, 2018 | Motivation
Twelve Excuses Writers Make (and How to Overcome Them) What are your excuses for not writing? I’m sure they’re good ones, because I have plenty of good excuses, too! And I don’t want you to think I’m being dismissive or unkind about your excuses – our reasons for not...
