{"id":6271,"date":"2017-08-11T10:36:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T00:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?page_id=6271"},"modified":"2017-08-25T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T07:41:32","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5933\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Allison-Home-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/>WELCOME TO MY WORLD!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Allison Tait, a multi-genre writer with 20+ years experience across different aspects of publishing, including non-fiction books, magazine and newspaper feature writing, copywriting, digital content creation, social media management, teaching, speaking&#8230; you name it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/themapmakerchronicles.com\/\">The Mapmaker Chronicles<\/a>, a bestselling, middle-grade adventure series published in <a href=\"\/\/t.dgm-au.com\/c\/102480\/71095\/1880?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Frace-to-the-end-of-the-world-a-l-tait%2Fprod9780734415776.html\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/new.myubam.com\/p\/6353\/race-to-the-end-of-the-world\">the USA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2fueQjN\">the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/aboutme\/\">Read more about me here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>But you want to know more about writing, right?<\/p>\n<p>My blog is a huge, deep well of resources for writers.<\/p>\n<p>As a starting point, <a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2016\/12\/my-top-10-posts-about-writing-2016-edition\/\">click here<\/a>\u00a0the most recent edition of my\u00a0<strong>Top 10 Posts About Writing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>My archive is full of writing tips and advice, as well as inside information about a range of publishing topics from authors, editors and other experts: start with the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/category\/writing\/questions-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q&amp;A archive,<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/category\/writing\/starting-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starting Out series<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/category\/writing\/social-media-writers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Media For Writers<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/category\/writing\/business-of-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Business of Writing<\/a>, and dive on in!<\/p>\n<p>For everything I&#8217;ve ever written about writing (and there&#8217;s a LOT), <a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/for-writers\/\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AND IF YOU&#8217;D LIKE MY FREE TOP 10 TIPS FOR WRITERS CHEATSHEET &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for my newsletter below:<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"\/\/allisontait.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=6875e5f014a3b878c431be2ae&amp;id=82c43095ce\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"required email\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"Email address\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><input id=\"mce-FNAME\" class=\"\" name=\"FNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"First name\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups--><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; 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