How I Make Money Writing
Hao Nguyen, Simon K Jones, Ben Mauk, Ariel Saramandi, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Kat Tenbarge, Brendan O'Meara, Safia Elhillo, Kristen Weber, Lucy Werner, K.E. Semmel, Jenessa Abrams, Sunyi Dean, Geoffrey MakHonest conversations with working writers about how they make money.
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Interview #211: How Andrew Zaleski Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Andrew shares his rule of working only with publications who pay at least $1/word and cover all expenses.
Andrew Zaleski is a freelance writer who has built a career writing about the world’s most obsessive characters. F...
Interview #210: How Debra Spark Makes Money Writing
In this interview Debra explains how she sustained her writing for 40 years by constantly switching lanes; from textbook editing to travel writing to shelter mags.
Debra Spark is a literary veteran with a career spanning 40 years, five nov...
Interview #209: How Tobias Jones Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Tobias reveals the weird truth that he earns significantly better money in the years when he isn't writing books.
Tobias Jones is the bestselling author of The Dark Heart of Italy, Ultra, and Blood on the Altar, which wa...
Interview #208: How Safia Elhillo Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Safia clarifies that her title “poet” acts as an umbrella term for a career primarily funded by performance and teaching rather than writing.
Safia Elhillo is a Sudanese-American poet, the author of The January Children...
Interview #207: How Jenessa Abrams Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Jenessa explains why she temporarily stepped back from lucrative food writing to focus on the work that matters most to her.
Jenessa Abrams has built a career that defies easy categorization. She is a writer, literary cr...
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I talk to writers about how they make money.
Writing and publishing serial fiction for over 10 years. Helping people write more. I wrote a weekly scifi/fantasy/crime serial here for over 4 years. Comms Manager at Creative PEC. European. Based in Norwich.
Writer, journalist, and filmmaker of borders and peripheries. Book forthcoming from FSG. Sometimes I write for magazines.
I'm a writer based in Mauritius. My work has appeared in Granta, The White Review, Brooklyn Rail, the LA Review of Books and many other places. ‘Portrait of an Island on Fire’ is out now with Fitzcarraldo Editions.
famous writer in nyc. candelaria, beyond all reasonable doubt jesus is alive, dreaming of u.
If you're looking for my newsletter, it's at https://spitfirenews.com/.
Brendan O'Meara, journalist and author of The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine, host of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast since 2013. Welcome to Pitch Club!
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I spent years inside Big 5 publishing. Then I left and brought everything I learned with me. Now I share what actually works clearly, fast, & without gatekeeping so you can get back to writing. Kind, honest, and always your biggest cheerleader.
Author of 3 books. Cofounder of 3 kids. Runs a paid newsletter on hypeyourself.com. Midlife relocation to Provence.
I am a writer and translator. My debut novel is The Book of Losman (SFWP).
literary critic, essayist, novel-in-progress, director of lecture/performance series, narrative medicine rounds at columbia university https://linktr.ee/jenessaabrams
reader, writer, occasional thinker. accidental podcaster.
I'm the author of Mean Boys (Bloomsbury, 2024). I've written for The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Artforum, The Guardian. I co-edited Writing on Raving (O/R Books, 2025).
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