Why Building An Email List Is So Hard
When I started blogging two years ago, I was terrified of asking people to subscribe to my blog. I thought no one would want to read it, especially when many...
How To Create Happiness
Aristippus, an ancient Greek philosopher of 4th century BC, was the first person who put forth the idea of living a life of happiness. The pursuit of pleasure. He advocated...
Social Media Is A Double-Edged Sword
Social Media is a double-edged sword. On one side, it provides community and friends who might never have met in real life, people who “get you” even if they live...
Should Social Media Be A Part of Your Authorpreneur Strategy?
The year was 2012, and I was en route to Vietnam with my family when I opened a Facebook account to share holiday photos. I hardly posted any. Transferring photos...
How ‘Pottering About’ Has Become My Productivity Strategy
Two years ago, when I quit the competitive life to embrace the creative life, I went full throttle on several creative projects. I wrote prolifically to populate my website, dusted...
Five Pillars Of Authorpreneurship (Part 5)
We are living in the best time ever to make a living with writing. The internet makes it possible to sell your written words directly to a global audience. But...
Five Pillars Of Authorpreneurship (Part 4)
Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. 90% of what separates successful people and failed people is the right mindset, skills, time, and stamina. If someone in your industry is more successful than you, it’s...
Five Pillars Of Authorpreneurship (Part 3)
When I decided to make writing my vocation, for a long time, I didn’t know how the new model worked. I understood the old model — writers wrote books for which they...
Five Pillars Of Authorpreneurship (Part 2)
In my previous article of the five-part series, I wrote about mindset as the first of the five pillars of authorpreneurship. Who is an authorpreneur? An authorpreneur is a person...
Five Pillars Of Authorpreneurship (Part 1)
We are living in the best time ever to become an authorpreneur. Computers have made it easier to write, and the internet has made it possible to research, publish and...