Being a writer is a fickle yet interesting way to earn money.
Why?
Because there are so many ways to earn money as a writer and it changes all the time. You can do copywriting, write books and ebooks, do blog writing, do freelance writing, become an affiliate marketer, and much more. And you can earn an impressive income as a writer from these ways too.
For example, writer and author Ben Settle has worked as a copywriter for years. At first he wrote copy of other people to help them sell their products online. But after seeing how much money his writing was making for his clients he began to write his own books and courses and used his copywriting skills to sell them. And it worked. He also sells subscriptions to his highly-priced monthly newsletter that teaches others how to write money-making copy.
Another good example is Dean Wesley Smith. He’s been a writer for most of his life and works as a ghost writer as well as a freelance writer and was commissioned to write some of the Star Trek novels and both Men In Black novels. He also has a blog that he regularly writes for and he’s written hundreds of books. For years he wrote his Smith’s Monthly series which was an ongoing monthly subscription for which he wrote a novel a month plus several short stories a month for his subscribers. He loves to write and knows what his audience wants to read.
And the late, great Yuwanda Black was a freelance writer who sold her writing services on her blog, and wrote books about how she did it, plus she wrote dozens of romance stories. I was also lucky enough to co-author a book with her.
All these writers earned money from their writing in multiple ways, and there are others who prefer to specialise.
But even if you want to only write books, there’s still the decision of different genres and subjects.
One person who was determined to write novels for a living was author, John Locke, who opened an Amazon author account, uploaded his novels and made a fortune. He then wrote a book about how he did it, called, “How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months” which unsurprisingly, outsold all his other books. amzn.to/3E6ulER. To date, he’s written 55 novels.
What John Locke has in common with all the other writers, is hard work. To make it as a writer you don’t have to be better than everyone else, you just have to outwork them.
Just write what you know and write what you love writing about.
In the beginning, I tried it all. Back then I had 2 jobs, 2 kids, 2 dogs, I was doing writing courses and other online courses, gardening, and, because I thought I didn’t have enough to do, I began an upholstery course as well.
And during that time, I worked hard at my writing career and became a professional writer.
Over the years, I’ve written extensively about writing and earning money and you can use my books to help you do the same.
You can also download my free ebooks too.
https://cheritonhousepublishing.com/free-ebooks.html
