There’s plenty of shallow advice online about following your passion and throwing caution to the wind. The trouble with that approach is passion alone doesn’t pay the ...
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The ADHD Guide to Building a Writing Habit
Those of us with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have a bit of difficulty when it comes to sitting down to write. We read the articles on finding our voice, b...
Why You Don’t Need Another Life Hack, Success Formula, or Marketing Tactic
There’s always another marketing trick. Always another business strategy. Another event to attend or way to get your creative work out there. And I like what Aus...
100: Celebrating a Milestone and Relaunching The Portfolio Life [Podcast]
Living your “dream” doesn’t look the way people think it does. Many people talk about creativity as this mystical thing, but reality is a little less magical and a lot...
Nobody’s Heard of You (and That’s a Good Thing): The Advantages of Anonymity
When F. Scott Fitzgerald finished The Great Gatsby and sent it to friends, fellow authors, and critics for feedback, he received one of two responses. Neither was part...
What Actually Works: How to “Make It” as a Writer
As we get ready to close registration for this round of Tribe Writers, I’m getting some questions on whether or not the program “works” and what kinds of success previ...