ALLi Advice Blog: Writing Posts in 2014
Casting my eye back over all our blog posts from 2014, I'm astonished to see just how much we squeezed…
Writing: Musings from a Hybrid Author of Jane Austen Fan Fiction
In honour of the birthday this week of one of the most famous self-published authors of all time, Jane Austen,…
Writing: Show and Listen
Drawing on her own experience of self-publishing, British indie novelist Katharine d'Souza explains how to respond positively to constructive criticism…
How I Do It – Piers Alexander Shares the Secrets of His Self-Publishing Success
English historical novelist Piers Alexander shares the secrets of the success of his award-winning self-published novel, The Bitter Trade, which,…
12 Top Writing Tips for Beginners
Alison Jack shares her top writing tips will boost the confidence of any author at the start of the self-publishing process - and plenty who have progressed beyond novice status or who are trade-published.
How I Do It – Jamie Rhodes
Sharing the secrets of his success today is screenwriter Jamie Rhodes, founder of The Homeless Film Festival. Jamie also writes…
Writing: Why Do We Write What We Do? – The Compulsion of A Story
In a moving post about the inspiration behind novels, indie author Philippa Rees describes what triggered her remarkable literary novel…
Writing: Past or Present Tense?
Most fiction writers will at some point ask themselves in which tense they should be framing their stories. Part of…
ALLI Author Keith Dixon on Steven Pinker’s “The Sense of Style”
Steven Pinker is well known as a writer on the relationship between linguistics, psychology and evolution, with books such as…
Successful Indie Authors Share Their Secrets: How I Do It By Mark Edwards
After one of our members reported how impressed he was by Mark Edwards' talk at the Harrogate Crime Writers Festival…
Writing: Should You Do NaNoWriMo?
As November approaches, so does NaNoWriMo - short for National Novel Writing Month. As aspiring novelists everywhere - and many…
6 Great Reasons to Enter Writing Competitions
Writing competitions abound, and new ones are announced every day, it seems. Yet entering a writing competition takes time, effort…