A Prosperous Writer has a Website (Making a Living as a Writer, Part 4)

This week I’m continuing this short series about What it takes to make a living as a writer. Check out my posts on networking and getting healthy  as ways to make more money as a writer.
Tim Grahl has an amazing post on building an author website (and a fantastic new podcast, too), so I won’t try to do it better. I want to, instead, encourage you to go through his post step-by-step and create your own author website and give you a few strategic reasons why it’s so important to do so.
First, a prosperous writer treats their business like a business. And, just about every profitable business has a website. You have a real home, and you definitely need a virtual home — your website. Enough said, right?
Second, a prosperous author is legit — and your website proves it. Your bio tells who you are. Your books page allows people to read about (and perhaps purchase) your books … and anything else book-related you sell (workbooks? coaching? speaking? more?). Your website shares other places you can be stalked connect,