Fighting the Green-Eyed Monster
Bear with me. I promise that this story of teenage angst has plenty to do with both writing and jealousy.
Wannabe Press Income Report - Q1 - 2024
Who needs a publishing company when you can consult and make more money? Me, I do.
The Revenge Trope: Tightening the Ties that Bind in John Wick
A detailed look at the first twenty nine minutes of John Wick (2014).
Writer MBA 2024 virtual summit debrief
Wherein I spill all the tea about our latest virtual summit event.
How Wannabe Press is structured
I share the org chart of my company, which is more complex then you might think
Magic - Chapter 62
There was only one person who I knew had hired the Firestarter before, and I’d sworn the next time I saw that smarmy rat, I’d kill him.
![[DIGEST] Feeding people poisonous ice cream is prolly a bad business decision...](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e0/18/e01810d0-06e7-403a-84f3-9a3bba47c6b1/content/images/size/w600/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/c7ac638b-76aa-4d69-9b39-54f9af294f76_4032x3024.jpg)
[DIGEST] Feeding people poisonous ice cream is prolly a bad business decision...
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Ad reports from growth agency
If you want to know the week-by-week play-by-play of my ads growth journey, here are the raw reports.
The NSFW Framework to Help You Market Your Book Better
Writing book blurbs, queries, or pitches doesn't have to be painful. I promise.
WTF happened in the last two weeks...
...and what god can I sacrifice a goat to make amends?
Magic - Chapter 61
I bent down closer to the bile lake. It smelled as foul as the souls piled high all through Hell.
![[DIGEST] Free vs. paid](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e0/18/e01810d0-06e7-403a-84f3-9a3bba47c6b1/content/images/size/w600/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/4749920e-9a54-4a09-94c9-1ecd9f5fda86_4032x3024.jpg)
Magic - Chapter 60
There was only one person who I knew had hired the Firestarter before, and I’d sworn the next time I saw that smarmy rat, I’d kill him.
![[DIGEST] The four main stages of Substack growth...](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e0/18/e01810d0-06e7-403a-84f3-9a3bba47c6b1/content/images/size/w600/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/6339513c-7d9a-4476-ad20-358c814e3b0e_4032x3024.jpg)
[DIGEST] The four main stages of Substack growth...
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Intuitive brand strategy for writers
Crafting a brand doesn’t follow a one-size-fits-all approach; there’s no magic formula or secret ingredient. Instead, it’s our intuition that often leads us to the most meaningful outcomes.
How to comp subscribers from your previous newsletter to your Substack publication
On April 28th, 2023, I comped 25,000 subscribers from my previous mailing list to The Author Stack. Since then many people have asked me how I did it.
I have things to say about how creators talk about NSFW books
I recently did my first NSFW comic and how we talk about them is not okay.
Substack Milestone posts
Here are all my monthly and important milestone posts in one place. I'm not curating this very well, but I'll keep it as current as I can.
Magic - Chapter 59
We had descended for miles before they finally threw Aimee and me into our cells.
![[DIGEST] My bet...](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e0/18/e01810d0-06e7-403a-84f3-9a3bba47c6b1/content/images/size/w600/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/311b6268-6539-45c2-a9fd-dd8b7b97764b_4032x3024.jpg)
How to compile your blog into a book
I’ve released multiple solo nonfiction books up to this point in my career and most of them were compiled almost exclusively or primarily through repurposing blog articles and Facebook posts.
Year 2 on Substack: Writing consistently without burning out (part 2)
Cut to a year later—I started to feel a tiny sense of dread each time I had to come up with my next piece.
Objectively good and subjectively your jam...
People ask me often how I get over bad reviews and keep going even when people are unimaginably cruel. It all goes back to a simple parsing of semantics we aren't taught in school.