Join indie authors Crystal Hunt and Michele Amitrani as we share ways to save time, money and energy as you level up your writing and publishing career.

Who doesn’t want to get paid to spend their work days lost in magical worlds with a bunch of imaginary friends? Yes, you’ve guessed it, today we’re going to talk about making your full-time author dream come true by examining what it really takes to step up and become a business owner who day-dreams for a living.

Unfortunately, there is no magic bullet. The road to authorly independence requires a lot of working hours, a system put in place to avoid things like writer’s burnout. Not to mention balancing finances and staying sane while figuring out how to slay dragons, give an emotional wound to a talking tree your readers can relate to, and craft the perfect happily ever after.

In this episode Eileen Cook—co-author of Full Time Author: provides tips and tricks to get you to the point you want to be by explaining why a body of work is so important for your writing career, highlighting the top skills you need to master if you want a shot as a full-time author, and sharing how you can create a system that keeps you accountable and lets you do the most important thing there is: write down words, sell your stories and start the next phase of your writing adventures.

HIGHLIGHTS

• What has happened since the last episode?
• Being a full time author
• When are you ready to be a full time author?
• Going from hobby to having to pay your bills
• Post interview discussion
• Are there words you like so much, you just want to jam them into your stories? Are there any words you try to avoid?

SHOW NOTES + RESOURCES

Complete show notes, transcripts and links to the tools and resources mentioned in this episode from our website at https://strategicauthorpreneur.com/podcast/040-full-time-author-with-eileen-cook/

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