The Stories That Didn’t Make It | House Blog
(Originally published February 18, 2019) Whenever a submission call crosses my path, I usually end up with multiple story ideas. This is...
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alisonahouse
Feb 9, 20212 min read
Wrestling A Story Into Submission | House Blog
(Originally published June 18, 2019) You know what it’s like when you get an idea for a story and you’re really excited to write it down...
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alisonahouse
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Writing Guilty Pleasures | House Blog
(Originally published April 18, 2019) Sometimes I write things that I have no intention of ever showing anyone. Ever. There are random...
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alisonahouse
Jan 18, 20213 min read
“So, What’s Your Book About?” | House Blog
(Originally published March 18, 2019) I went to a party a few weeks ago. It was a surprise party for someone’s birthday, but it was three...
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alisonahouse
Jan 18, 20213 min read
Scary Stories For Writers | House Blog
(Originally published January 18, 2019) Gather round, writers both young and old, for I am about to tell a tale that will chill you to...
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alisonahouse
Jan 18, 20212 min read
4 Ways To Beat The Winter Writing Blahs | House Blog
(Originally posted December 18, 2018) I don’t know if it’s the darker days or the colder weather, but there’s something about winter that...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20213 min read
NaNo Lessons 2018 (So Far) | House Blog
1. Writing every day is good. I’ve been doing a lot of editing lately, so I felt a bit rusty jumping back into novel writing. Pushing...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20212 min read
NaNoPrepWeek | House Blog
(Originally posted Oct 18, 2018) The stars have aligned, Mercury is in retrograde*, and I’m prepping for NaNoWriMo! I say that because...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Trusting Your Brain | House Blog
(Originally posted September 18, 2018) Sometimes it seems like my brain knows more than it lets on. Even when I don’t notice, it’s back...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Conversations With An Unfinished Story | House Blog
(Originally posted August 18, 2018) Story: Hey, you! What’s up? Me: Oh, hi, Story. How’ve you been? It’s been a while. Story: Yeah, I...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20212 min read
The Weird Habits of Writers | House Blog
(Originally published July 18, 2018) And here we see the elusive ‘Writer’ in its natural habitat… Be careful – we don’t want to scare it...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20213 min read
How To Blackmail Yourself Into Finishing Your Writing | House Blog
(Originally posted June 18, 2018) Maybe you’re one of those writers who has no problem sitting down and writing a story from start to...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20212 min read
12 Hours | House Blog
(Originally posted May 18, 2018) On Wednesday at 1pm, I sat down in front of my computer, opened up the latest draft of the novel I’m...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20213 min read
Flash Fiction Memories | House Blog
(Originally published April 18, 2018) Back when I was in University I didn’t have this thing called ‘Facebook’. No, I put off joining...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Write Place, Wrong Time | House Blog
(Originally published February 18, 2018) I did a dumb thing. In the grand scheme of things it’s not that big of a deal, but I’m still...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20213 min read
Tips For Writing Different Genres | House Blog
(Originally published January 18, 2018) Last week Engen announced their next anthology – Dystopia From the Rock. This genre isn’t as...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20213 min read
“Where Do You Get Your Ideas?” | House Blog
(Originally published December 18, 2017) For me, the simplest answer is: My Brain. My brain is a very strange little thing, and it comes...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20214 min read
NaNoWriMo Round 6! | House Blog
(Originally published November 18, 2017) Over the past 7+ years, I’ve NaNo’d 6 times. Some times I’ve been successful, some times I...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20213 min read
How I “Outline” | House Blog
(Originally published October 18, 2017) [Spoiler Alert: not very well] A writer I know recently shared the outline for her last book and...
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alisonahouse
Jan 17, 20213 min read
The End Is Near! Sort-Of… | House Blog
(Originally published Sept 18, 2017) At one of the panels for Avalon Expo, someone asked “How do you know when to end a story?” I can’t...
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