THE BASICS OF SELLING
Before we get to selling your art, we have to discuss making great content. It’s useless to try to sell something that isn’t great.
BUILDING AN AUDIENCE FROM SCRATCH
Learn the fundamentals about why people would want to join your audience and all of the elements necessary to supercharge your audience growth.
MAKING MONEY AT LIVE EVENTS
Live events are festering cesspools of wasted money for most creators. Learn how to make them work for you.
LAUNCHING A SUCCESSFUL KICKSTARTER
In order to have a successful product launch, it’s important to internalize the belief that your creative work is, in essence, a product, just like any other product on the market.
MINDSET
This is the best book you'll ever read on building a successful author career from the ground up, packed with everything you need to know to become a successful author, starting today.
WRITING
If this year has taught me anything, it's that selling a bunch of books is fine, but in the long run, what matters is how many people read your books and make a connection with you.
MARKETING
At its core, launching a book successfully consists of three main parts: book, messaging, and audience.
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[FRIDAY THREAD] How are you, really?
How are you doing this week? Tell me all about it and catch up on my favorite posts of the week.
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How to improve your mental state by embracing neutral thinking
The biggest mental shift I've ever made is understanding that things don't have to be great or terrible. They can just be.
The future of publishing could be a beautiful utopia, but we have to fight for it to exist first
I have been thinking about the future of publishing for years, and I can almost see it.
What if the skills that made you a successful writer start to ruin your life?
I used to make most of my money at shows, but after COVID doing them is literally killing me. How can you keep your author business afloat when the skills you relied on start destroying you?
What chronic illness can teach us about conserving our energy for what matters and taking imperfect action
I have been chronically ill for 20+ years and it's made me a better writer and a better human...even though it's endlessly frustrating
