by Ali | Apr 10, 2017 | Publishing
Why Your Self-Published Book Needs a Professional Cover One of the two crucial things that indie / self-publishing authors should pay for is cover design. (The other is editing.) Here are six different covers. Which ones do you think are self-published? (All of these...
by Ali | Mar 18, 2017 | Fiction
Why Novellas are Making a Comeback (and Five Great Posts for Novella-Writers) A couple of weekends ago, I headed off on an overnight writing retreat and started work on a new fiction project. This is the first time in more years than I care to count (nine, yikes) that...
by Ali | Mar 13, 2017 | Fiction
Everything You Need to Know About Writing Great Dialogue I’ve written a fair amount about dialogue over the past few years … partly because I love writing dialogue! And I figured it was about time I collated those posts in one place. Whether you enjoy dialogue...
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by Ali | Feb 27, 2017 | Fiction
How to Write Character Descriptions That Work [With Examples] If you’re writing fiction, at some point, you’ll probably want to describe the people populating your story. (This isn’t absolutely essential, mind. I’ve just written a short story that consists entirely of...
by Ali | Feb 14, 2017 | Editing
Is it OK to Use Swear Words in Your Writing? Swearing. Cussing. Strong / bad / foul language. Whatever you want to call it … can you use it in your writing? Yes. It’s your writing, and you can do whatever you want! Of course, there are reasons you might decide...
