by Emily Campbell | Writing Tips
Learning how to make money writing lyrics is the dream of every poet with a rhythm in their soul. I remember sitting in a drafty studio in the Pacific Northwest, staring at a blank notebook, wondering if my metaphors were worth a single cent. The silence of a blank...
by Emily Campbell | Writing Tips
Learning how to make money writing on the internet is a dream that often hits a very cold, hard reality. I remember sitting in a cramped corner of a coffee shop in Bellingham, staring at a bank balance that looked more like a temperature reading than a livelihood. I...
by Emily Campbell | Writing Tips
Learning how to make money writing books on Amazon is often the dream that keeps us typing at 3:00 AM. I know that feeling intimately. I have spent two decades in the trenches of the writing life, navigating the highs of award-winning essays and the crushing lows of a...
by Emily Campbell | Writing Tips
Today I bring you How to Research for a Book: 7 Methods That Actually Work. And yes, these are 7 methods I’ve used, so I know what I’m talking about. If you’ve ever sat down to write a novel and realized you don’t actually know how a detective...
by Emily Campbell | Writing Tips
I used to think I was good at writing dialogue. Then I read my early drafts out loud and realized every single character sounded like me — a slightly anxious woman in her late twenties who uses too many dashes. That was a rough afternoon. But it was also the moment I...
by Emily Campbell | Writing Tips
I need to tell you something embarrassing before we start. When I was nineteen, I spent two full years worldbuilding for a fantasy novel. I drew maps. I invented languages. I wrote a 40-page document on the political history of a fictional empire going back 600 years....
