by Jason Brick
No matter what you write, you don’t have a book. You have a business model. This can be hard to wrap your head around, especially for the artsy sorts who often want to be writers, but it’s absolutely true. Every professional writer is a small business owner, a serial...
by Jason Brick
We’re a couple months into the new year, and you know what that means… It’s time to start stressing out about taxes. Tax time isn’t technically for another month or two, but filing earlier means you stress out for less time, and if you have a refund coming, it...
by Jason Brick
We’ve already talked at some length about the importance of getting interviewed as a writer, and some of the details about how to look your best during the conversation. But for most writers and thought leaders, understanding the importance and speaking (reasonably)...
by Jason Brick
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a writer (or podcaster, or YouTuber, or…) in possession of expert questions, must be in want of an interview subject. The challenge for most folks is finding those subjects. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction;...
by Jason Brick |
Beta reader is one of those terms in writing. You hear it all over the place, but nobody ever gets around to clearly defining what they are other than implying you need some. They really don’t get around to telling you how to get good ones and how to leverage their...
