Another Angle | House Blog
My writing group has a game that we like to play: we all write down a location and three professions, then put them in a hat (well, two...
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Jul 18, 20213 min read
3 Things Your Editor Wants You to Stop Doing | House Blog
[Full disclosure – that title was written to be clickbait. It's more like: 3 Common Errors That Slow Down Editors, but that didn't have...
Jun 18, 20213 min read
Rewrite This Story | House Blog
[For anyone who's not an absolute theatre nerd, this tile is a reference to a song in the TV series Smash, Season 2 – which I liked a lot...
May 18, 20212 min read
Leaving Breadcrumbs | House Blog
Last month I talked about barrelling through difficult parts of writing, even though you know you'll need to change it later, in order to...
Apr 18, 20212 min read
“Fix it in Post” | House Blog
If you don't know what this phrase means, it's something commonly said by filmmakers who know that there's something not quite right with...
Mar 18, 20212 min read
Rejection, Actually | House Blog
February was a bit rough. I received 4 rejections in one month, which is a lot considering I only submitted 4 stories so far this year....
Feb 18, 20213 min read
How Many Spreadsheets is Too Many? | House Blog
Sometimes I get caught up in the minutiae… To be fair, one of my strengths as an editor is that I’m good at finding continuity errors, so...
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Rocker Ali House to return for Mythology from the Rock!
Engen Books is proud and honored to announce the return of bestselling, award-winning author Ali House to 2021's Mythology from the Rock!
Nov 20, 20202 min read
Coming Soon: 'Variety Show' by Ali House!
Coming in 2021, we have Ali House's lit fiction horror novel, Variety Show. House's third novel follows Wendy, a young actor navigating...
Nov 18, 20202 min read
"Add a Catchy Title"
This is the instruction the title box gives me when I start a new post, but it also got me thinking about story titles. In my experience,...
Aug 17, 20202 min read
SPEAK THE SPEECH, I PRAY YOU | HOUSE BLOG
One odd thing about me is that I love acting, but I hate public speaking. Put me in a costume, give me a character to be and someone...
Jul 17, 20203 min read
WHY EDITING MATTERS | HOUSE BLOG
Confession Time: Not so long ago, I used to be SUPER pedantic about grammar and spelling in books. If I found a word that wasn't spelled...
May 19, 20202 min read
HELPFUL THINGS THAT AREN'T WRITING | HOUSE BLOG
There are times when I find it difficult to write. Sometimes I'll sit in front of the computer with the best of intentions, but the words...
Apr 18, 20203 min read
'WHAT'S MY MOTIVATION?' | HOUSE BLOG
This line is usually used as a joke to indicate that an actor is high-maintenance, but motivation is a very important factor for actors...
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