Confessions of a Working Writer

Creative work is hard. Really hard. You have to deal with rejection, probably not getting paid what you should, and the terrible fact that you might fail despite your best efforts. Yeah, it's hard. B…

It's time for a holiday special!!!

For this episode, Matt is joined by the unparalleled Georgie Moon. Georgia is a prolific writer, artist, and singer-songwriter as. She joins Matt to talk about seaso…

Sometimes it seems like the hardest thing to do as a writer is...well, write. 

So many things get in our way. Comparing ourselves to other writers. Complaining about contests, publications, and the pr…

Matt explores the number one question he gets about this podcast. What exactly is a "working writer?" Along the way we explore why titles are almost useless, how persistence will keep you going when …

Matt explores his recent revelation that he is a "failure at life," and how that revelation has freed him to wholeheartedly pursue his craft. Also discussed are the Edison failure as success narrativ…

Coming September 15th, it's time for Season 3 of Confessions of a Working Writer!!!

Where have we been? What will we be talking about? Take a listen and find out!

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One year ago I set out to make a difference in my life as a writer. Specifically, I wanted to write a novel in the year, covering every step of the process. That didn't happen.

Instead, I found myself…

We're almost at the end of Season 2!

Over the past year, I have been working and talking about developing my life as a writer. There have been ups, downs, and revisiting a lot of things I thought I'd …

After 50 weeks of doing a podcast every week, tracking my thoughts, and making a conscious effort to share that...I want to quit.

We're not supposed to quit things. it's one of our oldest lessons from…

What are the rules of being a writer? What are the rules for writing a good story? We spend a lot of time talking about living by our own rules. Then why do we spend so much time worrying about other…

It's Independence Day in the U.S. A day when we celebrate this great big concept called "freedom." But what does it mean? Why do so many of us treat it like some precious substance just waiting to ge…

Have you ever sat down to work on something and felt that chilling grip of dread? That feeling of angst over the future of the project, whether people will like it or not, and if you should even be d…

What is the basis for relationships? A lot of things really. Shared experience, beliefs, dialogue, compassion, care. All of those are accurate. But what we often seem to forget is that relationships …

I'm not good enough. We're not supposed to say that. We're supposed to think, talk, and act positively. Saying you're not good enough isn't positive. Or is it? Maybe admitting you're not good enough …

There's a lot to cover this week. Pride, the loss of a friend, working in a new space, and editing your work are all running through my head. So let's talk about all of them!

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Every young writer I have ever talked to talks about the imminent publication of their future novel.  They know what the cover will look like. People will love it and we will remember it for years to…

This has not been an amazing week. Not a lot has gotten done and it seems like the universe has conspired to mess up my best-laid plans. But there are still little things I can get done. Honestly, th…

I've been working on a lot of rough drafts for new work lately. The hardest part for me with these has always been letting go and acknowledging that everything has to start somewhere. Honestly, you h…

We tend to think that once we've learned a life lesson it's imprinted into us and can never be forgotten. But that's simply not true. As our lives change so too do the lessons we've learned and the o…

Matt discusses his first week after leaving his job as a Marketing Director and the stress of trying to get everything right in a world where we are constantly bombarded with self-improvement hacks. 

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