by Ali | Mar 1, 2024 | Fiction
How and Why Unanswered Questions Draw Readers Through Your Story What grips readers and keeps them reading? As a reader, there are lots of reasons why I might get really into a book … but one big factor is unanswered questions. One of the times I notice this most is...
by Ali | Feb 22, 2024 | Freelancing
Seven Useful Tasks to Tackle as a Freelancer When You’re Waiting for More Client Work As a freelancer, you’ll occasionally have a dry spell without much client work. This doesn’t happen to me often these days – for a good 90% of 2023, I had all the work as I could...
by Ali | Feb 15, 2024 | Fiction
Why Readers Might Not Make it Past Your First Few Pages: Five Reasons (and Five Fixes) Have you ever started reading a novel and given up within the first few pages? Unless you’re a particularly tenacious (or stubborn!) reader, you probably have. It’s often clear...
by Ali | Feb 9, 2024 | Motivation
Seven Common Obstacles on Your Writing Journey (and How to Overcome Them) If you’ve been a writer for any length of time, you’ll have encountered some kind of obstacle, getting in the way of your writing goals. I faced a (very common) freelancing obstacle at the start...
by Ali | Feb 1, 2024 | Motivation
How to Write When … You’re Afraid This post is part of my ongoing “How to Write When…” series. Do you ever feel afraid to sit down and write? On the surface, fear may seem like an odd emotion to associate with writing – after all, there can’t be many activities less...
