by Ali | Aug 28, 2017 | Fiction
Using Google’s “My Maps” to Keep Track of All the Locations in Your Novel I’ve got a particularly bad writing habit – and I suspect I’m not the only person who does this… All too often, I leap straight into the next scene with very little thought...
by Ali | Aug 14, 2017 | Creativity
Why You Should Join – Or Start – a Local Writers’ Group Do you belong to a writers’ group? Some authors don’t feel they have much benefit … and I’ll agree that if you’ve got several published books that are selling well, you’re probably rather beyond the local...
by Ali | Jul 17, 2017 | Editing
Editing Your Novel on Your Kindle: Creating a .Mobi File and Using Send-to-Kindle You’ve got a finished draft of your novel – hurrah! Of course, you know the hard work isn’t over. You’ll want to edit your novel (and quite possibly run it past some beta-readers). Like...
by Ali | Jul 4, 2017 | Creativity
Do You Need to Take (Yet Another) Writing Course? Here’s Why it Might be a Bad Idea Over the years, I’ve taken quite a few writing courses and classes, both online and in person. They’ve ranged from afternoon workshops to a two year part-time Masters degree. On the...
by Ali | Jun 26, 2017 | Freelancing
What Are Content Mills … and Why Should Freelancers Avoid Them? If you’ve been around freelance writing world, you’ve probably heard the phrase “content mills”. So what the heck is a content mill? It’s a large website that offers lots of low-paid writing...
