Sitemap - 2025 - An Alle Alert!

Alle responds to: "How to avoid writer's block?"

Alle responds to: "I've spent thousands on PR and: no sales."

Alle's first online class over half-full

Alle takes Jane Ratcliffe's famed "Beyond" questionnaire

Happy Juneteenth from a white lady doing her best.

Alle responds to: "Takes how long for draft of first novel?"

Back-of-the-book blurbs: 4 tips on how to approach

Alle responds to: "How long to wait for a response from a literary magazine?"

Scholarships for Writing Classes - NOW PAST, SORRY.

June is is National PTSD Awareness Month

Alle responds to: "1st-person POV or 3rd? Which is easier?"

Registration Open! "Submit Strategically: Short Fiction, Essays, and Poetry"

New publication: article in 'Backpacker Southeast Asia'

Alle teaches online: "Submit Strategically - Short Fiction, Essays, and Poetry."

Alle responds to: "How do you tie together plot points to make the novel cohesive?"

Alle responds to: "An agent said no but left critique."

Last day to register - Alle's workshop: "Fast Flash Fiction: Learn It, Live It, Publish It!"

Alle responds to: "I want to become an independent editor."

In July: Alle teaches online: "Submit Strategically" - with a book deal as your goal.

Alle responds to: "How did you decide which contests to submit to?"

Alle teaches: Fast Flash Fiction: Learn It, Live It, Publish It!

Alle responds to: "A three-star Amazon rating with no review."

As promised: Alle on "Recover Your Soul" podcast

Podcast "Recover Your Soul" interviews Alle

Alle responds to: "First draft, I'm stuck."

Alle IW'd on The International Book Show

New interview on The Clog Blog

Deciphering rejection: agent/editor, magazine/journal.

Alle on podcast: Sisters in Sobriety

Alle responds to: "Is there such a thing as too much dialogue?"

Alle responds to: "Can I use another writer's concept?"

Alle responds to: "A query letter's opening sentence: Your recommendations?"

WWDPD: (What Would Dorothy Parker Do?)

Alle has a passionate response to: "How? How can I talk trauma when I don't remember."

Kindle, paperback, or hardcover link on Amazon, Goodreads, and personal site?

Teaser! "How much should a professional editor charge?"

Alle responds to: "What should a developmental editor help you with?"

Could you ever forgive the person who violently assaulted you?

Alle responds to: "Five agents have my manuscript. Now, a small press wants it!"

A reader asks: How many different locations can a story handle?

Alle on a podcast from South Africa!

This writer asks me: "I want to finish the book, but don't want to finish the writing."

Back-of-the-book blurbs: Why to get them.

Quick thoughts on the novel James** - from a trauma survivor's perspective.

An Argument for Telling, Not Showing.