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A weekly newsletter for working professionals seeking to increase income and personal fulfillment with online writing.
An Untethered Life Writing Tools vs. Writing Skills: The Crucial Difference Hi Reader, There's no shortage of online courses, lists, coaches, templates, and software collections that purport to give you the tools you need to succeed as an online writer. Just one problem: they're barking up the wrong virtual tree. Because it's not tools you need. It's skill. And there's a huge difference between the two. A quick example: The "Framework" hustle A short example from my own life might be helpful...
An Untethered Life Why I Deleted A Full Month Of Content Hi Reader, You may (or may not) have noticed that my newsletter has failed to hit your inbox over the last several weeks. Please accept my apologies for that. I took a self-imposed hiatus from all public-facing writing starting late last month and lasting until mid-October. On the off-chance that you were curious about how I spent that time - or why I took the time off in the first place - I thought I'd use this space to offer some...
An Untethered Life Does Your Content Pass The Only Test That Matters? Hi Reader, Much of the writing I come across online is thinly veiled commercial pablum designed solely to pitch something, get clicks, increase followers, or accomplish some other obvious goal that has nothing to do with the reader's enjoyment of the piece. In my view, this kind of content fails the only test that online writing should be subject to. And that test can be summed up in a single question: If you stripped out...