Daily posts on the art and the finances of a creative career.
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. Two quick announcements! I am FINALLY ABLE TO TELL YOU that a chapter from The Biographies of Ordinary People Vol. 1 has been included in the Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas’ What to Read in the Rain 2018 anthology! When I lived in Seattle, I was a volunteer tutor with the Bureau of…
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. I told you I’d remind you when registration opened for my new online course, How to Get Started as a Freelancer… and TODAY IS THE DAY. Register now, or any time before September 3, and you’ll get $20 off the price; register later and you’ll pay the full $235. Here’s a…
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. I’ve got three classes coming up in the next few months, including my first-ever online course, so here’s what you need to know: First, I’m teaching two courses at the Iowa Writers’ House. If you are in-or-around Iowa City, I’d love to see you at one — or…
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. It’s been over a month since The Biographies of Ordinary People: Volume 2: 2004–2016 launched, and since then I have gone on a mini-book tour, taught two classes related to writing and self-publishing (with more to come), spent a long weekend at Disneyland, and, most recently, published two…
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. We are just over a week out from PUBLICATION DAY for The Biographies of Ordinary People: Volume 2, and in addition to putting the finishing touches on the paperback (which looks beautiful, by the way) I’ve also finally put all the pieces together for the 10-day, three-city book tour I’m…
Sales/Expenses Since April 11 Books sold: 1 ebook (Amazon), 1 ebook (Google Play) Money earned: $4.81 Money spent: $0 Total Books sold: 377 ebooks, 147 paperbacks Volume 2 pre-orders: 33 Money earned (book sales): $1,485.68 Money earned (Patreon): $6,909 Money spent: $7,561.90 The following was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. I’ve been living in Cedar Rapids for five months now, which…
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. Exciting news, y’all: The Biographies of Ordinary People: Volume 2: 2004–2016 is now available for pre-order on Amazon. This is ebook only; I’ll let you know as soon as the paperback is ready. The official release date is May 22, 2018, one year minus one day after The Biographies of Ordinary…
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. I wanted to let you all know that I’ve switched the Writing & Money podcast from a Patreon subscription model to a Simplecast FREE FOR EVERYONE model. I’ve been watching the stats, and what I’ve learned is that a lot of people are listening to the free episodes but only…
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. We are technically halfway through January, but I still want to wish you a happy New Year. (It’s still new! New enough!) I realized I hadn’t written you an update since last November, which… um… my life has changed a lot since then. I moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa on…