3 Ways to Win

Three Ways to Make Resistance Irrelevant and Win the Struggle to Create and Market Your Art

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This Story is Beneath You

[image: ] A confused fan searches for one of my booksAlmost two years ago I started my 6th novel. Plotting and planning, then writing like mad. Research, plot adjustments, pondering, and more writing like mad.

Somewhere along the way, it crashed.

More precisely, I crashed.

Flashback to Success

On November 11th of 2011 I released 6 books simultaneously. (11/11/11, get it?) In the previous 6 months I’d written (or compiled) 4 books and co-authored 2 more, all books about business philosophy and process.

I switched to fiction. Finally followed up my first Irish adventure novel with a second, then started another series, and a third.

It was like driving a Lamborghini steamroller.

Then, I got some professional advice.

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Author Entrepreneur: Eight Essentials to Make Writing Pay the Bills by Pat Fitzpatrick

[image: Pat Fitzpatrick] Pat Fitzpatrick(Somehow this draft never got posted. Even though the linked article is 2 months old, it is excellent, well worth your time.

8 practical tips on making the transition from working for a living to writing for a living. Yes, that’s a joke. The article is not. Pat Fitzpatrick guest writing on Joanna Penn’s blog.


High-Income Business Writing Podcast by Ed Gandia

[image: Ed Gandia High Income Business Writing]Tom Bentley mentioned Ed Gandia in a recent post. If you’re looking for freelance writing advice, I trust Tom’s judgment. Check Ed out.

Ed Gandia is a successful freelance copywriter, author, speaker and coach—and a great guy (at least from seeing, reading, and hearing him online). His The High-Income Business Writing podcast hosts informative writers talking on practical freelancing topics. He’s the co-author of the bestselling and award-winning book The Wealthy Freelancer, as well as the founder of the International Freelancers Academy.