How To Make a Living with Your Writing Ebook
Do you want to make a living with your writing?
Do you want to turn your words into multiple streams of income?
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I’m Joanna Penn and I left my corporate job a decade ago to become a full-time author entrepreneur. In this updated Third Edition, I’ll explain how I make a living with my writing and share tips from other writers on how you can do it too with practical, actionable advice that you can implement for yourself.
If you love to create and you’re ready to learn fresh skills in a fast-changing environment, this book will give you lots of ideas on how to make money with your words.
Each chapter provides ideas you can use to research each opportunity in more detail and questions to guide your thought process.
If you want to make a living with your writing, buy now.
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Who is this book for?
This book is for authors who want to turn writing into a sustainable, full-time income — through multiple streams, not just royalties from a single book. It is for both fiction and non-fiction authors.
What you'll learn
- How professional authors actually earn a living (it is rarely just book royalties)
- The seven main income streams: book sales, audio, translations, courses, speaking, consulting, and licensing
- How to think about intellectual property as a long-term asset
- How to balance creative satisfaction with commercial reality
- How to build resilience against platform changes and market shifts
- How to scale from "side income" to "full-time income"
How is this different from generic "make money writing" books?
It is written by an author who left her well-paid corporate job in 2011 to write full-time and has done so ever since, openly sharing her income streams and business decisions. It is grounded in real numbers and real experience — not get-rich-quick promises.
What format options are available?
Available as ebook, paperback, audiobook narrated by Joanna Penn, and a companion workbook to plan your own income streams.
Read sample chapters from this book
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