Always one to shirk away from traditional New Year resolutions, I've come up with an improvement-related experiment instead. I'm all for finding motivation to save without too much spreadsheet work. Ech, spreadsheets, am I right? Enter Qapital app. (Psst... Sign up using my referral link, & Qapital gives us both $5) Qapital is kinda like… Continue reading An experiment saving $$$ with Qapital app
Category: for the Creatives
When to hire a ghostwriter
In my class Do You Have a Book in You? I don’t coddle. Just because you're taking the class doesn't mean you automatically get the "YES, you should write a book!" answer. Some people have a story but not a book. They don’t have a passion for the writing; they have a passion for the message,… Continue reading When to hire a ghostwriter
Sorry, but there’s no market for your idea…
Many artists, entrepreneurs, and dreamers hear that there's no market for their dream. It's dire, folks, but here's some hope for ya. Psst! I heard that some odd sort of people prefer watching videos over reading articles. Super weird. But weird people are my type of people, so I made a video preview of this… Continue reading Sorry, but there’s no market for your idea…
Would an email newsletter by any other date smell as sweet?
If my monthly email newsletter goes out on the: 1st - wouldn't the 1st be when everyone sends out their monthly newsletters? So then that bogs down people's inboxes and they only read their top 2, right? Let's see, I have 5 emails from December 1st...did I read them all? Would I read another? … Continue reading Would an email newsletter by any other date smell as sweet?
The super simple way to build your creative community
Sure, some of it is luck and location, but most of it is YOU. There are creatives out there, I guarantee it. They just need someone to call them out and make it happen. That someone can be you. That someone has been me. Unintentionally, I just kind of stumbled upon it. This is simple,… Continue reading The super simple way to build your creative community
A little feedback can go a long way
Last week I shared the survey results for my quirky meta murder mystery book title. Maybe you want feedback but there's no way you'll hear from 50 people on a survey like I did (I asked thousands of people for that help.) But I wanted to share that I already thought I knew how the… Continue reading A little feedback can go a long way
Sometimes you don’t need skill
In your creative pursuits, strive for excellence of course. "Study to show yourself approved." Don't put out rubbish and expect people to pay for it because it's authentic and from the heart. Ech. But also branch out. I've got a reasonable amount of skill in music and writing and arguably fashion - though not runway fashion,… Continue reading Sometimes you don’t need skill
Why I wanna be like Ksenia Anske when I writerly grow up
Although, let's be real: Ksenia and I don't plan on actually growing up in our writerly lives. It's more like staying daydreaming children forever, but then pretending to be grown-up long enough to do the business stuff. I don’t remember how I discovered Ksenia. But I do remember what stuck in my mind about her:… Continue reading Why I wanna be like Ksenia Anske when I writerly grow up
The blehhhhhhh of plan B
Plan A was to write this blogpost about Plan B. Then my boyfriend said, "Not like going to the pharmacy for Plan B?" and then Plan B was to preface this blogpost with this paragraph. No, it has nothing to do with pharmacy plan B! Okay, now that we've got that cleared up..... Plan A was… Continue reading The blehhhhhhh of plan B
Guest Post: How Ghostwriting is Hurting the Book World
Olivia J has agreed to share her concerns about ghostwriting here, and you can check out my defense of ghostwriting on her site. What a fun collaboration <3 Read the posts, then join the convo 🙂 "The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable… Continue reading Guest Post: How Ghostwriting is Hurting the Book World