How to finish your projects — When I was diagnosed with Adult ADHD I searched far and wide for tips and tricks to help me finish my writing projects. The internet is full of nutrition guides and time hacks, but little is there for someone with a backlog of unfinished stories they got bored of before…

An honest look at writing honestly — Many published authors aren’t great wordsmiths. In fact, I would venture to say that most are not that great at telling an honest story. Meanwhile, many great authors are never published, the honesty of their stories is never read by anyone. Why is that? Why is it that even with…

New subscribes requires a new approach — Medium articles are primarily focused on a few broad topics — the top performers. This isn’t because those topics are what the platform founders intended for people to write about, but because those are the topics that took hold with the current audience. …

You wouldn’t accept it anywhere else — Amazon Prime and its add-ons like Kindle Unlimited and Audible subscriptions offer the consumer a huge number of products for one predictable price. That’s great if you’re looking for something to read, but terrible for authors who are trying to make a living with their art. Offering your work on…

The most punk way to invest in the 2020s — In an era of hail mary’s and risky investments, the way to be punk these days is to lean on the side of caution. That’s what I did last March, and 2020 was my best year yet. Regardless of what Warren Buffet was working on, I’m glad I didn’t listen…

Few writers can do it all — You call yourself a writer? That’s cool, but what kind of writer? The ability to string words together into a cohesive sentence is not all it takes to become a professional wordsmith. When summer began, I had to face the music that my Medium aspirations were not showing the results…

The biggest pitfall freelancers face — Freelancers are necessary elements of today’s marketplace. Without them, we would not be able to keep up with the digital economy as we know it. They provide services like: Video editing Content writing Social media marketing Ghostwriting Software engineering Graphic design Virtual assisting …and so much more. Sites like Fiverr…

From a Vegas local — What do you think about when someone says “let’s go to Las Vegas”? If you’re like most, then your top five thoughts might be something like: Bright lights Nightclubs Gambling Stripclubs The Strip and Fremont (downtown) That’s a list that certainly draws large numbers every year, but it only scratches…

Why it’s okay to not have all the answers — Go to any article on the internet and you’ll find “5 ways to solve for X” or “how to make more _______ in two easy steps.” This may be great advice, but what if you have ambitions to become a writer but don’t have a twelve-step plan to help someone…