by Ali | Dec 4, 2017 | Freelancing
Can You Freelance Just on the Weekends? I had a great question in from a reader last week. He explained that he was in a full-time job and asked if it was possible to freelance just on the weekends. I’ll give you the good news first: Yes, it absolutely is. Many...
by Ali | Nov 13, 2017 | Fiction
Short Story Competitions: Are They Worth Entering? Over the years, I’ve entered a fair few short stories into competitions. I’m a novelist by inclination, and so most of my fiction writing has been on much longer projects … but I’ve found short stories a great...
by Ali | Nov 6, 2017 | Blogging
Has Your Blogging Gone as Well as You’d Hoped in 2017? Announcing Blog On 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)...
by Ali | Oct 30, 2017 | Creativity
Is Your Writing Just an Expensive Hobby (and So What If It Is?) Do you see your writing as a profession or a hobby? Or both? While some writers insist that writing is much more than a hobby – it’s a job, a business, even a calling – you might find it helpful to (at...
by Ali | Oct 16, 2017 | Motivation
How to Find the Time and Energy to Write When You Have Young Children The hardest thing I’ve done in my life is having kids. I love them to bits … but if you’re a parent, you’ll know exactly what I mean when I say that nothing prepares you for the reality of...
