10 lessons in selling to successfully launch and run a pre-order campaign for your books or other digital products. — Lessons One and Two of Selling Books I’ve been writing for years now. At this point, I have around 300 unpublished pieces, enough to fill several books. So, that’s what I did. I gathered some of my short stories into a collection and did the same with my poetry. …

I’ve written for Vice, Better Humans, Tordotcom, and other top professional markets. Here’s what I did to get here — If I told you that my publishing credits weren’t a brag, many of you reading won’t believe me, but I’ll say it anyway because it’s true. …

Let the darkness in, so that you may bend it to your will or break it. — Fiyah just dropped their 18th issue that features my horror poem ‘A Demon at My Window’. It’s about a lot of things, but mainly it’s about letting the darkness in and being unchanged by it but changing the darkness itself. …

What factors played into my success and how you can set yourself up for a dream publishing gig — You wake up to your alarm like every morning. You shower. Kiss your love. Cuddle your fur babies and arrive at your desk with a hot cup in your hands and determination in your heart. Like a good desk dog, you check your email first. …

And how you can, too. — Who I Am I’ve been writing every day for ten years and have been working professionally at it for five. I didn’t get here overnight. It took a lot of work, a lot of failures, and a lot of not having any idea what I was doing. …

A breakdown of how I write and schedule my time to accomplish more without burning out — I was never going to write this article because I’m genuinely afraid that writers will read this and either become discouraged or try and write at a pace or level they can’t. If you’ve read any of my articles on writing, then you know that sustainability is something that I’m…

My writing spread across pages and papers, codes and screens. — My Books The day is almost here for my books to drop. It’s super exciting and nerve-wracking and time-consuming, but very much so worth it. …

In 6 months, I’ve done a lot of writing, learning, and growing. I want to share some of that with you. — Whether or not I believe I can do it, I have to do it Carry a notebook with you everywhere Readers read your stories and writers steal your stories No one cares about your dreams Write the pain and memories you can not speak Stamp yourself as an expert by…

These moments define how I work, earn, and operate as a freelance creative professional. — Who Am I? Like my bio at the bottom states, I’m a professional editor and writer with work appearing across a multitude of platforms and publications. I’ve got more than 200 stories in circulation and write two monthly columns for Tor Nightfire and Disover Pods. …

The Way of the Writer The work of a writer is never done. For many of us, it’d be hard to say where it began. It seeps its way into every aspect of our lives in ways that you wouldn’t imagine. …

Two years later, I got a book deal, full-time writing dream life, and over 200 stories sold, and I haven’t looked back since. — Cruel to Be Kind Not everything that we do in life is necessary or helpful to our end goals and passions. In fact, most of the things we do are just hindrances. We scroll on our phones endlessly. Stay up way too late for our bodies and minds to function properly. …