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Turbo Writing 4,000 Words in One Day – Gumroad’s #SPLDay1 Diary

I wrote 4,000+ words yesterday in about 7 hours. It was crazy, but it felt good to make a lot of progress on this thing I’m creating in just over a week. No, I’m not crazy. Maybe. (Probably). Let me explain:

Yesterday was Day 1 of Gumroad’s awesome Small Product Labchallenge, which is a very cool creative mix of “course” and “competition” where participants design, create, and launch a small product in only 10 DAYS! The idea is to get over the stumbling blocks that trip a lot of folks up and...

My FREE BOOK (Limited Time) + Why Pivoting and Experimentation is KEY in Self-Publishing

Who doesn’t love a FREE BOOK? Especially one that’s packed with simple, turbo-effective strategies that are easy to implement and can make a big difference in your author journey!

I’m on day two of a three-day freebie promo for my slightly rebranded Kindle book, Simple Self-Publishing Success Strategies: How To Sell More Books and Build Your Audience, which you can still grab on Kindle for FREE (for a limited time).

If you already have the book, or pick it up and enjoy it, I’d really apprecia...

[Updated] HELP! One Day – $1 Dollar – 1 Game : Crowdsourcing My Workday

Update: The game Alpha is coming along! I’ll be working on it all day today (Friday), too, and I’ve decided to keep the pre-order/buy/support page up until the end of the day just in case anyone wants to still help out and get access to the game (I’ll be closing it to any new supporters later today. Thanks so much for your support so far, everyone! I really, really appreciate it! Let’s see if we can hit 100 supporters by the end of Today! I’ll be updating this page throughout the day with su...

HELP! One Day – $1 Dollar – 1 Game : Crowdsourcing My Workday

So things have been a bit tight lately, and I just had a pretty significant freelance project fall through at the last minute yesterday. It would have sustained me through the next week’s worth of work and generated a big chunk of much-needed income.

Instead of freaking out, I’m turning a potentially bad situation into an opportunity to do something neat. And I need your support to make it successful!

Today (and probably a bit of tomorrow), I’m doing a mini game-jam experiment to fundraisea...

My New Kindle Book + Horror Game Hybrid Is OUT NOW!

One afternoon in May, I was steamrolled by one of my more hair-brained ideas that just seemed so weird, crazy, and exciting that I couldn’t NOT drop what I was doing and figure out how to make it happen.

I decided to make an interactive fiction dungeon crawler game on PC using Twine. Then I decided that I’d only release the game INSIDE a Kindle book on Amazon. Then I decided that the book would also be a massive diary documenting the ins and outs of the entire project. The whole thing? One bi...

The Personal Benefits of Specializing in A Freelance Niche

Here’s a short excerpt from my new book, The Niche Freelancer: How To Craft The Lucrative Writing Career of Your Dreams — only $2.99 on Kindle! Enjoy!

A quick glance at the freelance writing industry as a whole reveals there’s no lack of competition. Pick an industry, any industry, and you’ll find lots of skilled freelance writers doing quality work for a very diverse range of clients and publications. Competition is fierce, even in smaller markets, and it’s getting harder to stand out from t...

New Book: The Niche Freelancer + Help Make This Launch a Success!

Hey everyone! I’ve just launched a new book series aimed at helping freelance writers carve out their ownwriting niche focusing on the topics they love! My new book, The Niche Freelancer: How To Craft The Lucrative Writing Career of Your Dreams is OUT NOW for only $2.99!

If you’ve enjoyed any of my previous freelance guides, you won’t want to miss this one. It walks you through the process of finding writing niches that align with your favorite hobbies and passions, and teaches you how to b...

Grab My Freelance Pitching Guide Resource for FREE!

I’ve got a new series of freelance writing books rolling out shortly, so I figured it’d be a great time to overhaul, update, and release my free pitching guide,23 Ways To Improve Your Freelance Pitches.

This40-pagePDF mini-guide for freelance writers is packed with tips to help you hone your pitches and land your dream gigs! It’savailable exclusively to anyone who joins my Freelance Insidermailing list.

Sign up today, and you’ll receive an instant download link to the guide. You’ll also be th...

A Great Chat with Joanna Penn on Self-Publishing, Writing for Games, and Indie Development

I’ve been a long-time fan of successful indie author Joanna Penn and her excellent writing podcast The Creative Penn, so it was really awesome to be invited on her show to talk about writing for games, indie development, interactive fiction, and self-publishing. We had a great chat, and the interview is now live!

You can watch the extreme bearded edition of the interview above, or listen-in onThe Creative Penn podcast. If you’re into writing and self-publishing, definitely check out Joanna’s...

Announcing: “This Book Is A Dungeon [This Dungeon Is A Book]” Pre-order and Demo!

I’ve been working hard on a secret thing this past month. Something that blurs the line between indie game development, self-publishing authorship, and, well…weird creative book/game hybrid experiments.

Today, I’m excited to roll out the official pre-order and playable demo of my latest crazy project,This Book Is A Dungeon [This Dungeon Is A Book].

Whether you’re into games, into self-publishing, into game development, into interactive fiction, or into ALL OF IT, I hope you’ll take a second t...