Sitemap - 2024 - An Alle Alert!
How to spell Hanaka/Chanuka/Hannukah
"Do you write books sequentially?" A writing tip.
Publishing tip: a fresh way to approach comps
Longlisted for Millennium Book Award 2024
Book Review: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Alle interviewed: Sober Coffee podcast
Writers need to know: "Which social media should I focus on?"
Free writing tip: "My literary fiction is morphing into a thriller."
New Facebook Group: Reading and Writing Trauma
Free writing tip: "My first draft is too short!"
Publishing Tip: One-Page Synopsis
We have two weeks left, Americans.
Alle teaching "Build to a Book Deal: Refine Your Submission Process."
More about editing: two readers' questions.
Writing Tip: When an editor changes your work too much.
Have something personal to express and would prefer to do so in fiction?
The Nancy Pearl Award announced this Saturday, Sept. 21st - Alle a finalist
How can we be healthy if we are morally and ethically unstable?
Publishing tip: the benchmark number of copies sold to render the book "a success."
Alle's fall teaching schedule.
Free writing tip: "How much description is too much?"
One category win, one finalist position, two nominations, and one great review.
Publishing Tip: The "Short Story" Edition
"Can't find a primary relationship": Two readers share deep pain.
Alle celebrates "We Love Memoirs Day" and ... Keanu Reeves?
Alle answers a reader's question: "I want to publish a memoir. How?"
A nod from Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center
Writing Tip: Finding an illustrator for a children's picture book
Publishing Tip: Submitting a memoir: Book proposal? Chapters?
Publishing Tip: Use rejections to greater your chances of publication.
Professional women: Who says "Yes ..." when you want to say, "No!"
A reader asks: "When triggered, how do you rid yourself of that feeling?"
Audiobook edits: A reader asks, "How picky did you get?"
Proud Reader Photo: Satsuki from Japan
Writing Tip: A writer asks Alle, "How many words makes a good short story?"
Publishing Tip: a reader says: "I can't find comps for my query."
The follow-up to gracefully rescinding a literary agent's offer of representation.
Charlotte Pitcher Shultz asks: I focus so much on the "perfect" outline, I burn myself out.
A "strong testament" from The U.S. Review of Books
How does one gracefully rescind an offer for agent representation
Meg Pokgrass is one of the best flash writers I know, and …
May 9th: Craft Talk – WRITING HUMOR: NOT COMEDY
Alle teaching THE COOLEST CLASS at Richard Hugo House:
New essay: The Buddhism of Baseball
A writer asks Alle: "Can my novel-in-stories stand alone as shorts/a novella?"
Reader's Question: "How do you work a second draft?"
Alle interviewed for Oprah.com
It's up! Seattle's Hugo House spring classes catalogue
Writing Tip: Why is the middle of a novel always so difficult to write?
Sunday fun: a frolic of a questionnaire.
Interview question from Dr. Donna: “When do you have enough healing to write a book about it?"
Alle stars on podcast Story Discovery.
Reader's Question: "Two agents asked for my manuscript."
Literary Mama Magazine interviews Alle
PUBLISHING TIP: Best number of comps.
When do you have enough recovery to write a book?
PROMO TIP: I'm not getting enough reviews of my book!
Relationships with dysfunctional family members: Alle and Dr. Donna, Part 2
Publishing short work with book-deal intention:
Alle guests on Dr. Donna Bevan Lee's podcast
Trauma Survivors Can Love Themselves
30% discount on As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back