Why I Visit New York City Once a Year (Instead of Living There) I highly respect the hustle, but it’s not for me. Read More
How to Get a Free Writing Retreat (Or Almost Anything) If you’ve ever been a child, you know intuitively how to barter. Like early man, children have no money. They use what they do have to get what they want. Read More
Tending the Fire of Your Writing Life It felt like the days when I’d first fallen in love with writing. During a long morning stretch on a comfy chair with a coffee, Read More
To Thrive as a Freelancer, Enter the Writing Matrix When you write for the love and as a way to support yourself, the question of why you write can get murky. Let’s distill it. Read More
You’re (Probably) Undercharging. Now is the Time to Change That Why should you raise your fees? Let me count the ways. Read More
Do You Know Your Writer Stats? The joy in record-keeping is the ability to see your life and business more clearly. Read More
5 Things You Might Not Know About Thriving If You Grew Up Broke Last week I went to LA, rented a convertible, and had a vacation during which I couldn’t shake a hum of anxiety. Would I make Read More
Health Insurance: This Country Will Leave You for Dead The system is messy, confusing, unfair, and hard to deal with, but you need health insurance. Read More