Aliventures Summer Break 2024 – 10 Posts to Catch Up On

It’s summer time here in the UK and I’m taking a few weeks off from blogging. I’ll be enjoying a trip to the North Wales coast, plus lots of adventures with my kids! I’ll be back when they start the new school year in early September.

If you’ve got a bit of downtime over the summer, you might enjoy some of these posts from the first half of 2024. (They’ll all open in a new tab, so you won’t lose your place here.)

For novelists:

Why Readers Might Not Make it Past Your First Few Pages: Five Reasons (and Five Fixes)

Six Practical Ways to Handle the Passage of Time in Fiction

Five Tips to Help You Rewrite Your Story After Beta Reader or Editor Feedback

Understanding the “Show Don’t Tell” Rule (With Examples … and Exceptions)

For freelancers:

Six Ways to Track Your Freelancing Time and Income (and Why You Should)

Batch Writing: How to Streamline Your Freelance Writing Process in 2024

Seven Useful Tasks to Tackle as a Freelancer When You’re Waiting for More Client Work

If you need motivation:

Seven Common Obstacles on Your Writing Journey (and How to Overcome Them)

How to Write When … You’re Not Making Any Money Yet

Five Different Ways I Use Timers to Stay Focused When I’m Writing

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