Honorée Corder If you ve been reading this column for a while and focusing on shifting your money mindset you might have experienced a shift in your productivity too nbsp Perhaps you are now thinking How can I take it to the next level More specifically How can I get into some serious writing abundance As an hellip

Honorée Corder These days everywhere you look you ll hear book recommendations podcast conversations and articles like this one suggesting that working on your money mindset is the way to go And of course I agree wholeheartedly What you focus on expands This includes your money mindset which directly impacts your income and yes that includes your hellip

If you re like me by February the newness of the year has worn off and with it a smidge of your enthusiasm It s not that I m not still excited about the goals I set back in December or the action items I devised in order to achieve them It s simply that we ve now entered what hellip

This month s topic might be my favorite of the entire year the business of writing Why Because I ve long said as writers we must treat what we do as a business That doesn t just mean building a writing routine or dedicating time to marketing your work in between releases Those are great things to do hellip

When it comes to the formatting and design of your books there doesn t seem to be a clear path to ensuring readers expectations are met It makes sense that readers would want an easy bump free read Yet without a clear guide it s easy to miss little details that make a big difference If your readers hellip

Raise your hand heck raise both of them if you d rather do almost anything else than hang out on social media Keep them in the air if when you go to make good use of the platforms we love to hate you end up spending way too much time yet not doing much of anything productive Yup hellip

Want to ensure you make a fantastic living as a writer Then do what the pros do and turn to editors Why Because crisp clear writing creates a clean smooth read your readers will love And what happens when someone loves your writing nbsp They share it with others It might seem counterintuitive to devote time hellip

Get a handle on your book s metadata and you can turn your book into a veritable cash machine Ignore the finer points of metadata and your book might fail to find the traction impact and income you would really like it to have That would be a bummer For those of you who cringe as hellip

The Prospective Power of Your Advance Reader Team There are several schools of thought when it comes to engaging advance readers Some authors don t like to share their books in advance of publication for fear of losing out on book sales Some authors use a limited number of advance readers solely to catch mistakes and hellip

Prosperity Starts with Promotion Honorée Corder As much as I love producing a book it s the promotion of a new book that really gets my juices flowing And because I know the other columns in this month s magazine are going to dive into the particulars of the different promo sites I want to share from hellip

Does it seem to you like everyone or almost everyone is freaking out as AI and ChatGPT gain recognition and popularity Are you someone who thinks that these two could be taking cash money right out of your pocket I m not I encourage you to in the words of Taylor Swift calm down And here s hellip

Staring at a blank cursor can be even more stressful than staring at a low bank account balance But as someone very wise once said you can t edit a blank page I like to think about the words I write as money seeds I m planting I just have to patiently okay sometimes impatiently wait for them hellip

When I was a young entrepreneur the phrase mailbox money was thrown around a lot I think in today s world email is the new mailbox money When you do it effectively it can be a source of income either directly or indirectly I think that s pretty cool If you re stuck or reluctant you re not alone that s hellip

I discovered the beauty of knowing other writers at the Colonists Summit back in 2014 At that conference two dozen writers came together to talk all things writing and publishing I was in heaven nbsp Although I knew about the concept of starving artists and therefore writers I d worked on my overall money consciousness such that hellip