Money and Business

Talent isn’t the problem—old mindsets are. Here’s why artists can thrive now more than ever. The idea of the “starving artist” is as outdated as dial-up internet, yet it still haunts the creative world like a ghost that refuses to move on. The romanticization of the struggle keeps this myth alive. We picture Vincent van […]

The only security I have is in my ability to create profitable assets. As that ability grows, my security grows. I grew up in India in a family that saw both massive wealth and backbreaking poverty. In 1947 when the country was split into two, my grandparents, who lived on the “wrong side” of the […]

A six-figure freelancer talks about why thinking like creative entrepreneurs can help writers build the passive income they desire. A few questions before we begin: Someone spent weeks creatively designing a theme, then coding it. That required technical know-how, creativity, even graphics that those of us who use free themes don’t pay for. You’re a […]

In my first year as a writing parent, I made more money working part-time than I had in previous years. This is how. In January 2012, I became a parent. Everything I had learned about productivity, meeting deadlines, and keeping to a schedule was about to be tossed down the drain. I re-learned a lot […]

A six-figure writer on the top financial mistakes you’re making as a freelancer and how to fix them, fast. Somewhere around the middle of last year, I got a panicked email from my accountant in India. He’d just finished doing my taxes—several months late because of my tardiness—and had realized that my tax bill was […]