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Interview #189: How Michael Waters Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Michael explains how keeping his copywriting job is the only way he can afford to fund his time-intensive historical research.
21 hrs ago
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #188: How Diana Heald Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Diana explains why the demanding hours of a full-time advertising career made it difficult to maintain a serious creative practice.
Jul 15
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #187: How Eli Enis Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Eli argues that generalist music writers are losing utility and that hyper-specialization is the only way to sell a book today.
Jul 14
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #186: How Liza Libes Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Liza admits she doesn’t call herself a "writer" in public yet because her consulting business is what actually pays the bills.
Jul 13
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #185: How Emma Marris Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Emma explains why her 15-year run as a pure freelancer ended when her mortgage tripled and the model just stopped working.
Jul 12
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #184: How Richard Scott Larson Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Richard argues that relying on a day job allows him to learn from failures without worrying about lost income.
Jul 9
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #183: How Shy Watson Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Shy breaks down how she pieces together a sustainable writing life inside a fully funded USC PhD.
Jul 8
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #182: How Darien Gee Makes Money Writing
What you do: Author, editor, coach, teacher, publisher.
Jul 7
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #181: How Matt Brown Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Matt reflects on how the page view model of his previous job encouraged him to build a business that ignores algorithms.
Jul 6
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #180: How Gigi Little Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Gigi reveals why 15 years as a professional clown was the perfect training for the publishing world.
Jul 5
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #179: How Nick Davidson Makes Money Writing
In this interview Nick explains his 2020 pivot when he cut 80% of his income sources to chase the dream of longform storytelling.
Jul 2
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Hao Nguyen
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Interview #178: How Brooke Warner Makes Money Writing
In this interview Brooke reveals she earns far more from her Substack newsletter, Writerly Things, than from book sales.
Jul 1
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Hao Nguyen
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