Travels & Travails in Revision Land
An Unlikely Story, or Write What You Don’t Know I enjoy mysteries. I read Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie as a kid. PBS’s Mystery series was and is a favorite of mine. And yet, I fell into writing the Skoghall Series accidentally. I wanted to write a...
Writing & Community
Writers are solitary creatures…or are they? It’s spring and conferences are in the air. But if attending a conference isn’t in the books for you this year, there are other ways to find a writing community. Earlier this month I attended the AWP conference, that’s...
How True is True in Fiction?
I’ve been down the rabbit hole for the last couple of weeks. It’s a necessary side venture to writing any novel, and some more so than others. I’m working on book 2 of The Skoghall Mystery Series, Dark Corners in Skoghall, and I hit a wall. Not just any wall—certainly...Read moreWhen you ask for feedback from someone, be defenseless.
I'm Alida
I help people express their gifts to the world.
I do not believe in formulas. I believe that the stories we are compelled to tell the world make demands on us, and it is our privilege to meet those demands in order to reach the most people in the most authentic and compelling way possible.
