Kent Sanders We’ve been working our way through a series on Making Money as a Writer. Today, we’re talking about a strategy that many writers want to avoid entirely… but it’s one that can lead to all sorts of interesting opportunities. I’m talking about speaking. If you, like many writers, label yourself an introvert, you probably think … Read more
My guest today is Mary Click. She is the National Intergenerational Tutoring Director for the Oasis Institute, a nonprofit educational organization that promotes healthy aging through lifelong learning, active lifestyles, and service. Oasis Intergenerational Tutoring has positively impacted over 525,000 children since its inception in 1989, and has been implemented in more than 100 school … Read more
We’ve been working our way through a series on Making Money as a Writer. Today, we’re talking about two of the most underrated and not-so-obvious ways to make money with your writing: editing and publishing services. These are related but not the same thing. Let’s begin with editing first. The essence of editing is that … Read more
We’ve been working our way through a series on Making Money as a Writer. Today, we’re talking about the primary way I have made money over the last couple of years: ghostwriting. Ghostwriting is essentially writing books for someone else. Sometimes, the client is highly involved in the project, almost like a co-author. Other times, … Read more
We’ve been working our way through a series on Making Money as a Writer. Today, we’re talking about one of the most familiar and straightforward ways to make money as a writer: freelance writing. Freelancing is writing for hire. This is opposed to writing because you’re a staff member of an organization or have writing … Read more
My guest today is Professor Anne Sheridan, and she’s going to help take the intimidation factor out of reading classic literature. Anne is an educator, a pastor’s wife, and a mother of three girls living in Davenport, Iowa. She has undergraduate degrees in Piano Performance and English, a graduate certificate in Biblical Studies, and an … Read more
Yesterday, we began a new series on Making Money as a Writer. On today’s episode, we’re continuing by starting with the most obvious way to make money as a writer: book sales. Book sales is probably the first thing you think of when it comes to making money. But let’s dig into this a little … Read more
Today we’re going to begin a series on Making Money as a Writer. Let me begin with a quick story. I worked as a college professor for 17 years. During all these years, the faculty at our school were all contracted on an annual basis. We never knew from year to year if we were … Read more
Today we have amazing opportunities to create, publish, and distribute our self-published books. One of the greatest tools created for self-publishers in recent years is the Vellum app, which is software that helps you create ebooks and print books that look amazing. I’ve been a heavy Vellum user for years, so I was excited to … Read more
Whatever you’re working on right now, you’re bound to get stuck at some point. When you stumble upon our old friend, lovingly called “writer’s block,” here are ten tips to keep the words flowing. Lower your standards. Many times, we get stuck because we’re trying to make it perfect. Be willing to write garbage just … Read more