Ali Luke's guest appearances

Ali Luke

Productive Flourishing

Self Publishing Journeys

Mark Edwards

Peter Mortimer

Helen Lewis

Kirsten Oliphant

Lucy Branch

Avril McDonald

Sarah Taylor

David Robertson

Jerry Evanoff

Adam Nicholls

Edwin Downward

Clare Lydon

Jon Evans

Janet Murray

Julie Stock

OwlTail

Ali Luke writes blog posts, non-fiction e-books, and fiction. Ali works with authors too and her website - Aliventures - covers the art, craft, and business of writing (both fiction and non-fiction). She has written for several popular blogs like Copyblogger, The Write Life, Write to Done, The Creative Penn, ProBlogger and Daily Blog Tips as well as Writers’ Forum magazine. As a self-published author, it's very likely that one of Ali's books has already passed through your hands. She is the author of Publishing E-Books For Dummies, which was published by Wiley in 2012.

Ali Luke writes blog posts, non-fiction e-books, and fiction. Ali works with authors too and her website - Aliventures - covers the art, craft, and business of writing (both fiction and non-fiction). She has written for several popular blogs like Copyblogger, The Write Life, Write to Done, The Creative Penn, ProBlogger and Daily Blog Tips as well as Writers’ Forum magazine. As a self-published author, it's very likely that one of Ali's books has already passed through your hands. She is the author of Publishing E-Books For Dummies, which was published by Wiley in 2012.

SPJ031 Author and Writing Coach, Ali Luke

Ali Luke is an author, blogger, entrepreneur, and mother who blogs about writing on her website Aliventures. She is also the creator of Writers’ Huddle, a teaching community site for writers. She started writing online in 2008 and has since become a regular blogger on popular websites. She is also the author of Publishing E-Books For Dummies and the novel Lycopolis. Ali joins Charlie on the show today to talk about the challenges of being a working writer, mother, and entrepreneur, how having two small children has made her change the way she views her work and her business, offer advice for up and coming writers and bloggers, as well as much more.   Key Takeaways: 02:06 – How Ali got started in online writing. 04:28 – Knowing that jumping to blog writing was going to work as a long-term career and launching her first e-book. 05:58 – How easy it is to break into blogging. 08:14 – What staff blogging is. 09:18 – Why Ali enjoys waking up and writing every day. 10:45 – Switching from writing blogs to e-books and also her novel. 14:23 – How being pregnant and becoming a mother changed things in Ali’s career and writing. 19:13 – The challenge of balancing being an entrepreneur and being a mother. 25:04 – Some of the hardest aspects of going back to work after having children. 27:05 – The difficulty of making the transition from one thing to another. 34:49 – How the e-book world is growing and why that excites Ali. 38:20 – The fear people have of putting their work out there for people to see. 46:32 – The most unanticipated challenge Ali is currently facing. 51:07 – If Ali can succeed in being a mom, author, blogger, and entrepreneur, anybody can. There should be nothing stopping you.   Mentioned in This Episode: Publishing E-Books For Dummies Lycopolis Aliventures Writers’ Huddle Copyblogger Write to Done Men with Pens The Creative Pen Problogger Daily Blog Tips Productive Flourishing WordPress Staff Blogging Course Brian Clark BuzzFeed Dumb Little Man Amazon Kobo Melissa Dinwiddie NaNoWriMo Stephen King Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James   The Quotable Coach, Barry Demp

Ali Luke is an author, blogger, entrepreneur, and mother who blogs about writing on her website Aliventures. She is also the creator of Writers’ Huddle, a teaching community site for writers. She started writing online in 2008 and has since become a regular blogger on popular websites. She is also the author of Publishing E-Books For Dummies and the novel Lycopolis. Ali joins Charlie on the show today to talk about the challenges of being a working writer, mother, and entrepreneur, how having two small children has made her change the way she views her work and her business, offer advice for up and coming writers and bloggers, as well as much more. Key Takeaways: 02:06 – How Ali got started in online writing. 04:28 – Knowing that jumping to blog writing was going to work as a long-term career and launching her first e-book. 05:58 – How easy it is to break into blogging. 08:14 – What staff blogging is. 09:18 – Why Ali enjoys waking up and writing every day. 10:45 – Switching from writing blogs to e-books and also her novel. 14:23 – How being pregnant and becoming a mother changed things in Ali’s career and writing. 19:13 – The challenge of balancing being an entrepreneur and being a mother. 25:04 – Some of the hardest aspects of going back to work after having children. 27:05 – The difficulty of making the transition from one thing to another. 34:49 – How the e-book world is growing and why that excites Ali. 38:20 – The fear people have of putting their work out there for people to see. 46:32 – The most unanticipated challenge Ali is currently facing. 51:07 – If Ali can succeed in being a mom, author, blogger, and entrepreneur, anybody can. There should be nothing stopping you. Mentioned in This Episode: Publishing E-Books For Dummies Lycopolis Aliventures Writers’ Huddle Copyblogger Write to Done Men with Pens The Creative Pen Problogger Daily Blog Tips Productive Flourishing WordPress Staff Blogging Course Brian Clark BuzzFeed Dumb Little Man Amazon Kobo Melissa Dinwiddie NaNoWriMo Stephen King Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James The Quotable Coach, Barry Demp

Episode 36 - Write Your Own Future with Ali Luke