Mistakes I’ve Made That Made My Learning Curve Longer James commented on yesterday’s post with some interesting points. In the comment, he talked about the learning curve when it comes to making money online. I’ve been thinking about that today. I’ve got a lot of examples of what not to do that I’ve built up over…
Picking Winning Niches There are good niche site ideas, and there are bad ones. Some niche sites are just never going to be effective – and sadly, they’re the ones that people pick the most. Making money. Building a lifestyle. Ten things to do in London. The sort of examples a guru gives you that…
One Month Of No Internet Browsing It’s April 1st. I could do an April Fool’s article, but I’m not really that funny. Instead, I’m going to point out the fact that we’re one quarter of the way through 2016 already. Occasionally, I like to put myself through various little challenges to build better habits. This…
Master One Thing At A Time (Creeping Progress.) Want to know the biggest mistake I’ve made in business (and possibly life)? I’ve been building websites for a few years now. I’ve also taken on loads of hobbies and tried to start multiple businesses. Last year, I tried to learn a couple of languages,…
January 2016 was a big month for this website. I started posting an article every single day on various writing topics. Before I tell you about traffic figures, here are some of the results: I got my first regular readers. I got my first regular commenters. (Hat tip to Sam H of Mundane Product Reviews)…
I read Dean Wesley Smith’s blog a lot. You can find it at this link. Whilst I don’t really like the busy design of his site, the fact is his success is undoubtable (he has written over a hundred novels) and his insights are solid. In short, he has made a full living out of writing…
How To Start Copywriting Hello and Happy New Year to everyone. I was just having a twitter browse when I saw a question from Andrew on Twitter. I have a little while to kill, so I figured I’d post a more extensive answer than Twitter allows for. So, where do you start when you want to…
How To Fail At NANOWRIMO National Novel Writing Month is November of each year. It’s shortened to the terrible acronym-thing, NaNoWriMo. Every year, writers from around the world line up to write a 50,000 word novel. That’s a grand total of about 1700 words a day, give or take some. I did it for the…
I have written short stories for years, as well as non-fiction books. I have planned novels out for years too. However, like many writers, I have a lot of unfinished manuscripts dating back a long time. I have books that are 200000 words long. I haven’t finished them, and they sit waiting for my…
One Simple Way To Cure Writer’s Block Forever I used to suffer from writer’s block. I also used to believe in the strange idea that a writer should put out one book a year, like most of my favourite authors do. I also believed that Stephen King was an outlier in that he could publish…