Photo by Lisa Fotios from Pexels I have been working hard this last week to finalize my writing business system for 2024. Why so early? I decided I should have this set in stone before January 1, especially as a writer in 2024. Thankfully, I had focused time on finalizing my plans for 2024, and I thought I would share them with you to help give you an idea of what they look like. Let’s jump right...
Photo by Jorik Kleen on Unsplash “Very simply, a platform is the thing you stand on to get heard. It’s your stage. But unlike a stage in a theatre, today’s platform is not built of wood or concrete or perched on a grassy hill. Today’s platform is built of people. Contacts. Connections. Followers.”— Michael Hyatt, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World I used to think that building an author...
Photo by Anete Lusina on Subsplash I started my Medium account in 2017. Then, in 2019, when you could earn money writing, I signed up for the Medium Partner Program. I have been there ever since. This week, I published my 1,300th post on Medium, and looking back, I wanted to share a few things about my experience writing on Medium. 5 Truths About Writing on Medium These truths might even be...
Photo by Negative Space on Pexels.com I have been self-publishing for five years now and found that your book niche is essential to figure out the front end of things. Sure, some years I haven’t written books during this time. And other years, I have published multiple books in a year. Things always ebb and flow. It’s not hard to do the work. But life has gotten in the way at times. I...
Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com When I think of 2022, I think of it as remodeling a house as they do on Fixer Upper. At the beginning of the year, my family was in rough shape. We got Covid. We went on vacation. Then got the stomach flu that landed my wife in the hospital. After that, we were beaten. It took us until June to finally get ourselves out of the trauma that the beginning of the...
I am a follower of Jesus. I am a husband and a father. I am a writer. I care deeply about people and believe that men and women can grow into who they were created to be. Enter...