The Easeful Joy Loop
Joy isn't the reward for building a successful business. It's the engine.
The Good Chaos Engine
Why entrepreneurs who thrive don’t fight randomness, they run on it.
Book catalog as investment portfolio?
Once you break even on a book’s costs, both your time and money, that book becomes an asset forever.
What Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu can teach you about happiness
When you look for somebody who really exemplifies the “Hapitalist” way, look no further than her vibe.
Are your expectations even realistic given your current reality, tho?
Writers don’t fail from bad books. They fail from failing to grasp the reality of the situation. Luckily, this is fixable.
You're not really building an author career, you're scaling a startup
Think like a founder, not just a writer. A roadmap for authors to stop winging it, treat their books like a business, and start building a creative career that scales.
You're asking the wrong question
I didn't choose to self publish, and neither will you. I made a different choice, one most writers fail to understand, and it changed everything for me.
Let's burn 2025 to the ground...but like…let's actually do it this time, tho
What happens when the universe stops hinting and starts taking drastic action? How deciding what to release can reshape your work, your money, your joy.
You are thinking Newtonian, and I need you to think quantum
Why some people stay stuck, why hard work alone isn’t enough to make progress, and how to harness good chaos .
The point of this article doesn’t exist (and yet you'll still read it)
A mind-bending exploration of why business, creativity, and meaning are built on invisible foundations, and how to thrive anyway. Welcome to the world of quantum capitalism.
The Margin of Safety: Why most books flop and how to survive anyway
Build creative resilience, raise your income floor, and protect your writing career from the unexpected while planning for long-term author success.
Do fewer things better...
The hardest things to do most of the time is less, even when it's clearly better than the alternative.
The HAPI Compass framework
A simple four point system to finding alignment and giving yourself direction, designed to help you to build a successful and thriving career that nourishes you mind, body, and soul.
The Dresden Files paradox
How to lead your readers somewhere new without losing them
How authors can stand out by defying logic
How can you break capitalism today, even a little bit, for fun and profit? Explore how financially reckless decisions, like giving away high-value content for free, can help you succeed.
What am I missing here?
and other questions to ask when you're blocked and can't seem to keep going.
2025 Kickstarter postmortem
Six campaigns, $53K, and what the numbers really say
Three counterintuitive ways to boost engagement during your crowdfunding campaign
Try these three unconventional crowdfunding strategies to engage readers, attract passionate backers, and create lasting success for your book.
I have the receipts…
Honest accounting from an extensive self audit of my publishing business from 2020-2025
The 7 pillars that actually matter in building a publishing career
The 4 P's of prioritization, understanding the underlying structure of a sustainable career, and why most writers fail to master even one.
How clearing blocks and connecting with the right people transforms your writing journey
Explore the hidden strategies that spark unstoppable momentum and gain the insider edge for a thriving writing career, as shared in this opening keynote from Writer MBA Con 2025.