Sitemap - 2025 - An Alle Alert!
How to land a review of your book.
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.