NOTE: The following EPIC post comes from the book,”365 Things I Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To).”

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You can write any future you want to.
The key to success is deciding the future you want, then determining the cost of that future and whether or not you’re willing to pay the price.
If you are, then you must to do everything possible to keep your eye on the prize until you can see the gold finally glistening in your hand.
Writers make too many mistakes, especially online. It makes sense. There are more opportunities for us than ever before; fewer barriers and roadblocks, more chances to get noticed, read, and loved, plus a greater share of the profits and an enhanced ability to reach readers through powerhouse engines such as Amazon.
But there’s also too much to learn, too many decisions to make, and too many places where we can stumble and, if we’re not careful, fall.
I spent three years weaving through the corridors of too many mistakes. I am grateful for these missteps since they helped me grow to a point where I could start actualizing the best of my plans.
By August of this year, I will have been publishing to Kindle for one year, with over 100 titles published in that time. I have retired from work-for-hire writing.
I no longer write for clients, and most of the content I create has long-term value since it can sell indefinitely. This is what I’ve been waiting for since first putting pen to paper and dreaming I could write for a living four years ago.
I could’t have done it without the lessons in this post, the experience I want you to have without all the waiting and heartache.
This post is for writers: authors, freelancers, and content marketers. This post is for YOU. Anyone who wants to make their living with words online, from freelancing to self-publishing, to running a blog built around quality content that will facilitate the sale of information products or services, this excerpt from the book will get you where you’re going far faster, and without all the heartache.
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This is a great start, but there’s plenty more where it came from. As a former ghostwriter, I’ve written sales letters, auto responders and blog copy; articles for article marketing, video scripts and squeeze pages; children’s books, horror and poetry, marriage vows, speeches, and even books on the craft of writing itself.
I’ve written it all, but most importantly, I know how to turn my time writing into money earned. Most writing can be easily reduced to the same basic copywriting skill set — the skill set that will help you make more money for every word while amplifying your ability as a writer, whether you’re writing an email to a friend or publishing edge-of-your-seat, pulse-pounding fiction.
I used to be where you are now. I’m not there anymore, and you shouldn’t be there any longer than you have to. Don’t make the same mistakes I did. Download the book, ”365 Things I Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To).
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Until next week!
I did it. So can you.

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