How I went from being a broke-ass clothing designer to a well-fed writer

It has been almost a decade long journey.

Hello (all ~310 of you!),

The Note I posted asking everyone where they’re writing from still seems to be working its magic! In the last week or so, I’ve gone from 180 to around 310 subscribers. Welcome to my tiny corner of the Internet!

In case you missed it, I listed a few themes I’m considering for this newsletter in last week’s post. Feel free to get involved in the comments over there so I can make sure to write things you actually want to read.

But first, let’s dive into this week’s post…

I thought it would be good to start by sharing how I started my freelance writing business (since freelancing is a topic most of you seem to be interested in).

It wasn’t a long-term dream or goal. I sort of fell into it and I think it was a combination of putting myself out there, leveraging my prior work experience, luck, and not knowing what to do after failing miserably at trying to grow a Shopify store.

Here’s a quick (slash slightly humorous) summary.