Posts by Shae Irving

When I was younger, I always appreciated that my grandfather was a working writer, but I had no idea what it took to achieve what he did.

This crib sheet will help you understand what self-employed folks need to know about health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare.

Each time I see Anne Lamott, my subconscious takes a memo: you know that thing you are writing or were thinking of writing? You’d better get on it.

If a for-profit enterprise is making money from folks who contribute for free, I’m immediately suspicious.

My motivation for writing work would flame high and then, when I felt like I wasn’t succeeding well enough or fast enough, it would completely burn out.

He used his #2 pencils to record, in tiny perfect handwriting, every single writing-related task that he carried out each day for 50 years.

If we want to be working writers, the only thing that really matters is that we keep showing up.