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All writers need to thrive: craft,
business, personal finance, and joy.

Remember when your parents told you to keep money talk private and never let anyone know if you’re struggling? How will we all feel less

Recently, I was at FinCon, the personal finance conference where you might hear someone ask, “What’s your salary?” as often as you might hear, “How

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,

Why should you raise your fees? Let me count the ways.

The joy in record-keeping is the ability to see your life and business more clearly.

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

The system is messy, confusing, unfair, and hard to deal with, but you need health insurance.

The ultimate guide on how to get an education, network, and become a successful writer on a shoestring.

I landed at the house of Vicki Robin in early February. The plan was that I, in between apartments, would live in her island home,

If you’re able to focus on organization right now, here are some projects that could serve you for the rest of your writing life.

I was scrolling through Twitter like every tweet was a bump of coke, when a post by my friend Willie stopped me: The next day,

My rent is $350 for the next three months, and I can’t tell whether it’s that or the physical space around me, trees instead of

When I decided to start a blog as a follow-up to my book Welcome to the Writer’s Life, I knew I needed to focus. Who

In 2018, I went to six conferences, which is, according to my bank account, too many conferences. Today I have a new podcast episode out

My favorite music genre being Sad Guy With A Guitar And a Story To Tell, my favorite band is naturally Bon Iver. They’re coming to

Every month, I have a dinner party where we talk about the most forbidden of fruits as far as conversation topics go: money. We eat

On the latest episode of my podcast, I get to talk with my coaching student, Bria, about how she saved up to take a year

I’m doing Liz Frugalwoods’ Uber-frugal challenge this month, and I don’t like it. I mean, I like her and her challenge, but I don’t like

It’s spending season. The sun shines upon Seattlites at University Village as I run to the Amazon book store, because it’s the only place to