Clients are everywhere, but great freelance businesses are rare. Here’s how to start a freelance business that gets noticed (and paid well). If you’ve ever dreamed of deleting “mandatory team-building” from your calendar forever, or setting your own rates instead of negotiating for a 2% raise, you’re in good company. In 2026, the boldest freelancers […]
How to Start a Blog That Stands Out in 2026
Blogging isn’t dead—it’s just evolved. Here’s how to start a blog that turns heads and builds your audience from day one. Writers know: words are currency. And in 2026, blogging is still one of the best ways to turn your voice into influence—and your expertise into income. Forget the myth that blogging is yesterday’s news. […]
How to Self-Publish a Book in 2026: A Step-by-Step Guide
Ready to skip the slush pile? Self-publishing lets you call the shots—if you know the moves. Here’s how to pull it off. At some point in the last decade, self-publishing stopped being plan B. These days, bestselling authors are building empires without traditional publishers. Debut writers are skipping the query trenches and going straight to […]
How to Write a Compelling Character Arc
Flat characters kill good fiction. Here’s how to give your protagonist a character arc that drives the whole story. Some characters change. Some resist change until it breaks them. Some remain exactly the same and leave a crater in the world around them. All three can work beautifully—if the arc is intentional. But when it’s […]
Traditional Publishing vs. Self Publishing: How to Choose the Best Path For You
Traditional publishing vs self publishing: two paths, no guarantees. Here’s how to choose what fits your book—and your ambition. Once upon a time, getting published meant stalking the mailbox for a rejection letter printed on painfully nice paper. These days? It’s more likely you’re juggling a dozen browser tabs—Amazon KDP, Substack serials, that one hybrid […]