Kent Sanders We’ve been working our way through a series on Making Money as a Writer. On today’s episode, 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 things. Let’s begin with editing first. The essence of editing … Read more
This is a guest post by Laura Venecia Rodriguez, MBA (George Washington University), MA (American University), BA (Wellesley College). She grew up outside Philadelphia, PA, went to college in the Boston metropolitan area, and then worked and lived in Washington, DC/Silver Spring, Maryland for 44 years. After completing her federal career as an international trade … Read more
We’ve been working our way through a series on Making Money as a Writer. On today’s episode, 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. … Read more
This is a guest post by Micheal Woodruff, a neurodivergent ghostwriter who has been writing fiction and non-fiction for over three decades. His “out of the box” approach gives him a unique perspective on characters and subjects for his projects. You can find more info about Micheal’s work at https://affectachange.org or https://neurodivergentlife.substack.com. You can also … Read more
I was a college professor for many years before getting into ghostwriting and author coaching. One of the hallmarks of any college course is that it includes textbooks. Since authors are behind those textbooks, it stands to reason that we, as writers, should be thinking about this incredible opportunity to get in front of a … Read more
We’ve been working our way through a series on Making Money as a Writer. On today’s episode, 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 … Read more
Yesterday, we began a 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 are probably the first thing you think of when it comes to making money. But let’s dig into this a little bit. … Read more
Today, we’re going to begin a series on Making Money as a Writer. This is actually a series we did at the beginning of the year, but I’ve had so many conversations with writers about money and business that I’ve decided to share this series again to help you see the possibilities for increasing your … Read more
Let me ask you an honest question. Do you love the work of being a writer? Here’s what I mean. Do you love the process of coming up with ideas, writing multiple drafts, editing, and working on the design or layout of blog posts or books? Do you take pleasure in the overall creative process? … Read more
We all want to have successful books. As artists and storytellers, we want to write a great American novel that is a New York Times bestseller. We want to build a successful business. Or we have some other kind of dream that’s important to us. That work is important, yes. But it’s not the most … Read more