Are you thinking of creating your own business, but literally don’t have a clue where to start? Too embarrassed to ask for help? You’ve been fumbling through making a hobby into a side hustle aka business and need to get it on a more formal footing. — You’re ambitious, but need to start on that bottom rung of the entrepreneurship ladder. Planning isn’t hard. It can be daunting if you don’t even know where to begin. This isn’t dumbing down. …

A whistle stop tour of creative ways to earn money as a writer. — Being a full time writer is not just a pipedream, it’s achievable. Mind you, on the path to greatness and best seller status you might just need to supplement your income. This book gives you over twenty ways to bring in that much needed cash. It also includes tips and…

Thought it was about time I shared that very first chapter of my series about the feisty Jezzabelle Jones, an insurance investigator based in Sheffield, Yorkshire. — The vodka bottle lay discarded at the homeless man’s feet, the cap laid next to it. As he woke and tried to remove the images that loitered into his actual world, he picked up the bottle. Upright, it was still about a quarter full. He’d not realised, and the bottle…

An Appeal and a Paid Writer’s Residency Opportunity — While we are all horrified by the world right now, I have found two ways to help. It’s so difficult to decide what to do. We feel powerless. I watched a TV news show yesterday. Watching just one person totally bereft at the loss of their wife was hard to…

NFTs, non-fungible tokens. You’ve seen the headlines. Heard they are massively damaging to the planet. Know they are full of scammers. — You aren’t going to learn about them. They’ll soon disappear again. Or maybe it’s just too full of jargon and you’ll wait until it all goes mainstream. Then maybe, or not, you’ll get invested in time or money. Sorry, but that’s not good enough. What the heck does fungible even mean?

Money Is Not The Bad Guy. Repeat after me…. — Money is my friend. I’m not sure if it’s a British thing, the old reserve surfacing, but we Brits are a bit rubbish at money mindset. We don’t like to discuss our earnings, divulge our wage slips, let slip our credit card debt. It’s in built, we can’t help it. …

You sit on a park bench, get a flash of inspiration, and start scribbling. You got the most brilliant of all unique story ideas, ever. This book, your story, is so unique you’ve literally never seen or read anything like it. — This book has to be written. Think for a minute. Why Do You Want to Write? If it’s just to write, awesome. I’m thrilled and here to help. Is it to win awards? Great. Be warned, you’ll need to grow a thick skin and the patience of Jobe. You may need to be even more patient…

The starving artist myth is dead and gone, and we can earn some great income, but it’s probably not in the way you’d think — Read Part One — Ten Ways To Earn Money As A Writer And Not One of Them Is Medium 11 — Blogging or Content Marketing Content marketing and blogs are the best way to create evergreen content and build a loyal niche audience. Promote it on social media, Pinterest etc and bring people to your site. You want to get people onto your email list, so offer them something in return for their email address…

You are a writer, that’s why you’re here. Or maybe you want to be a writer, great. You’re in the right place, or maybe that should be write place? — The starving artist myth is dead and gone, and we can earn some great income, but it’s probably not in the way you’d think. Multiple Income Streams You keep hearing about them, but what exactly are they? If you were brought up in the days of ‘go get a good safe job with…