Are You Afraid of Money?

This is an excerpt from my upcoming nonfiction book, “The 21 Laws of Self-Publishing.” If you’d like to be notified when it’s ready, be sure to sign up for the newsletter!

A common dichotomy in the creative is the struggle between “creating art” and “commercialization” of a finished work. For artists of all kinds there is an intricate balance between creating art and selling it, and for many artists, the cliché of being a “starving artist” is all too true.

As a writer, it’s impor...