J. Michael Straczynski

When Writing Isn’t Enough: The Harsh New Reality of Indie Income

/ Attitude, Finance, Money Management & Frugality, INDIE PUBLISHING / 4 minutes of reading

In the early days of indie publishing, simply hitting “publish” could bring in income. Now? Discoverability is a battle, the market is saturated, and writing fiction full-time is a dream that more and more authors are having to compromise. This post digs into why multiple income streams aren’t a failure—they’re the new normal—and how indie authors can adapt without giving up.

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J. Michael Straczynski’s Income Advice For Writers

/ Disaster Planning, Finance, Money Management & Frugality / 1 minute of reading

J. Michael Straczynski’s Income Advice For Writers Not just for hard times. Are you putting all your eggs in one creative basket? In Becoming A Writer, Staying A Writer, J. Michael Straczynski spoke of the Three Legged Stool Theory, proposing that all writers need at least three streams of revenue and three streams of creative expression,

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9 High Level Hacks to Preserve Your Indie Revenue in Our Current Hard Times

/ Finance, Money Management & Frugality / 5 minutes of reading / 1 Comment

Indie published book sales are slumping right now, for everyone. Even if COVID-19 isn’t completely in our rear-view mirrors, most of the world is moving out of the severe restrictions we’ve suffered through for two years. That relaxation coincided with the arrive of spring. Now it’s summer, and everyone who turned desperately to reading fiction

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