How I Make Money Writing
Hao Nguyen, Oliver Bateman Does the Work, James Fell, Amanda E. Machado, Boo Walker, Tove Danovich, AJ Ayers, cassandra neyenesch, Emma SloleyHonest conversations with working writers about how they make money.
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Interview #240: How Simon Han Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Simon reveals how a blurb from Bryan Washington directly led to his debut novel getting optioned for film.
Note: Over the past few months, I experimented with publishing five interviews a week. While it’s been great shar...
Interview #239: How Justin Glawe Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Justin argues that newsletter readers are often more willing to pay for frequent consistency and a trusted voice.
Justin Glawe has spent the last decade covering American unrest and systemic corruption as a domestic war...
Interview #238: How Emma Sloley Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Emma reflects on her decision to leave a stable editing job in Australia to freelance hustle in New York City.
Emma Sloley is a novelist and travel writer who divides her time between the US, Mexico, and various airport...
Interview #237: How Meaghan Wilson Anastasios Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Meaghan explains how the arrival of generative AI wiped out her reliable freelance income overnight and forced a career pivot.
Meaghan Wilson Anastasios is a former archaeologist, university lecturer, and art auctioneer...
Interview #236: How Afsheen Farhadi Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Afsheen admits that he got completely lost in the complicated rights splits and numbers during his book contract negotiations.
Afsheen Farhadi is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Nevada and...
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I talk to writers about how they make money.
get some size on you | Scenery Hill, PA native \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0| storytelling lead for Retell AI | columnist for UnHerd & RealClear + regular contributor to The Ringer, The Paris Review, Men’s Health, &c.| ♉ | 700-pound deadlift most of the time
Sweary historian. He/Him.
Amanda E. Machado is a Latine writer and facilitator who writes on Latine ancestry, survivorship, queerness, nature, and the intersections between race, travel, and outdoor recreation.
16 novels; millions sold. A backstage pass to my mind, my books, and the creative life. Join me as I diagnose the heart of storytelling and share curated picks in books, film, TV, & music for the open-minded soul searcher. All are welcome here.
Author of UNDER THE HENFLUENCE and a columnist for Earth Island Journal. I write about our relationship to nature for publications like Orion, Emergence, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and others. I live in Portland, Oregon.
AJ Ayers, CFP®, is Co-Founder and CEO of Brooklyn Fi, a financial planning, tax, and investment firm. Her book Creative Money: New Financial Rules for Artists, Innovators, and Misfits is out November 10 from Penguin Random House.
I'm a fiction writer, cultural critic, and curator of shows and events centering bodily autonomy
Writer and author of the novels The Islands of Last Things and Disaster's Children
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