I’ve talked quite a lot lately about when to say no, when not to accept low-paying work, when to walk away. And today I want to talk about when to accept that low-paying work, when not to walk away, and when to say YES. And the answer to that is pretty simple: When it feels right for you. […]

I’m often asked why I haven’t yet written a book and I don’t have an answer that tells the entire truth. I’ve rejected a few offers from editors because the books they wanted me to write sounded so boring and academic that I couldn’t imagine anyone wanting to sit through them. I’ve turned down multiple […]

Last week, I wrote about the importance of building your own readership and having an audience that’s interested in your work and your ideas. This is what we all know as branding and for the average writer today, branding is probably the only way to ensure a secure income that is independent from a newspaper, magazine, or […]

It’s an innocent enough phrase but in my house, “I’m going to listen to some music,” roughly translates to “I’m frustrated and/or pissed off with work and I’m going to sit outside alone with my earphones plugged in, blasting excessively loud music, and trying to ignore everything, including you, so please, unless someone’s dying, just […]