An Untethered Life 3 Reasons A Few Online Writers Succeed While Countless Others Fail Hi Reader, It's trite to say that not everyone succeeds in the online writing game. It also dramatically understates the reality, which is that the vast majority of writers struggle to earn an income or find an audience. So, what sets the successful apart from the rest? What makes one writer's audience grow and flourish while another's withers? In this newsletter, I'm going to talk about three of the...

An Untethered Life When To Use Generative AI Hello Reader, By now you've undoubtedly seen the features: "Write a post with AI" "Click here to autocomplete with AI" "Summarize with AI" Buttons like these are all over virtually every SaaS product we use on a regular basis. Just off the top of my head I can include LinkedIn, ClickUp, Gmail, and pretty much every app I use on a regular basis in a list of software products offering some form of AI functionality. Most of these functions are...

An Untethered Life 3 Non-Negotiable Criteria For Successful Freelance Writers Hello Reader, There's a ton of noise in the freelance and writing spaces. You've got countless newsletters (including mine), blogs, courses, and other resources vying for your attention. Many of them promise the world, claiming to show you how to earn thousands of followers almost overnight in their quest to make you a world-renowned writer and online entrepreneur. Too bad 98% of it is sheer bullshit. (And that's...