Confessions of a Working Writer

How much money can you make as a writer? Is writing the best way to become a billionaire? If so, just how the Hell do you do it? These are all the little bits of the Big Hairy Money Question all writ…

This week Matt's taking a look at inspiration, our false beliefs around it, and just how demystifying inspiration can help us enjoy this writing life a whole lot more. For those struggling with inspi…

We're back after a month of absence and much behind-the-scenes stuff. But that time has also put a lot on our minds about this writing life. This week Matt dives into the darker side of writing and w…

What is the right path for a writer? Do you go to school, get the degrees, and win? Do you spend your weekends writing in a closet? Do you decide where you will go early in life? Or do you become a w…

What is writing? We talk a lot about writing every day, building a writing process, or being a writer, but we don't ever really define what we mean by "writing." Oh, you can find definitions online t…

Evelyn Berry is a trans author, editor, and museum educator living in South Carolina. She's the author of the novel "Heathens & Liars of Lickskillet County" (PRA, 2016) and the poetry chapbook "Bugge…

Over the past year, I've seen a lot of bad information out there about writing. Bad information about SEO, topic selection, and the assorted magic beans promised by success gurus and productivity mav…

It's been a really rough few weeks for me. In fact, the podcast almost became a casualty of those tough times. Why? Because I didn't really know where to take it or what I wanted to do with it anymor…

This week has been one of the worst in recent memories. A series of circumstances conspired to set every plan I had on fire and blow the ashes into a windstorm while I watched. It was terrible, and i…

Let me ask you a question...what kind of difference could 30 seconds make in your life? Do you think you could learn a life lesson, discover a part of your soul, or save a life in 30 seconds? Well, t…

This week was a mess of personal and professional struggles, internal questions, and a lot of sitting there waiting for something to happen. Maybe the most surprising thing about it all was the revel…

This week I found myself revisited by the same anxiety I thought I'd shed on vacation. Suddenly everything seemed scarier, darker, and more threatening. It almost shut me down completely. I needed sp…

I'm baaaack!

After a week on vacation, I'm back in my office trying to figure things out. But it's a bit different now. See, that's the first trip I've taken in a couple of years and it turns out I ha…

Happy Birthday to me! Next week I turn 42. So, of course, I found myself looking back on the year and thinking about the things I've learned. 41 has been a crazy year, but I managed to narrow it down…

If you were to ask me how to be a great writer, well I have no idea. But I'd probably ask you to do something simple, the thing you really need to do as a writer...just tell me a story.

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I used to get up at four in the morning so I had plenty of time to write, think, and work undisturbed. Why? Because my writing was the most important thing ever. Everyone says you need to start your …

We're back after a very short Season 3. Why? Well, it's a long story, but it has to do with a  bit of a breakdown, quitting my dream, some lazy thinking in a chair, and a story about a fruitcake. So …

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It's been a tough December. The toughest I can ever remember. I don't really want to write. When I do feel like working I don't know what to work on.  But I have hope...and that has to be enough.

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Are you sitting down planning how you can write, create, and crush it during the holiday weekend? Okay, stop, sit down, and listen to this. Because we need to talk about the garbage of grind culture,…