My guest today is Jeannine Ouellette, author of the award-winning memoir The Part That Burns and founder of the incredibly popular Writing in the Dark, an online writing community that offers online creative writing intensives as well as literary salons.

Today we talk about:

* separating art from commerce

* how paying attention to everyday life helps make creativity more easily accessible

* building a career through different income streams and types of writing

* and more.

We also touch on transparency in making money as a writer. After you watch/listen to the episode, here are two posts with even more detail:

* Making money as a writer

* Book Deal 101: How do authors get paid (traditional publishing)

I hope you enjoy the show!

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