Becoming a paid writer is a fantastic career choice. If you’re anything like me—someone who loves freedom, likes to manage their own time, and gets chills at the thought of committing to the cubicle life—then writing could be a great fit for you.
Writing also comes with many benefits. The one I want to focus on today is the benefit of earning a great living from doing what you love - writing online.
But before I do that, I want to share a short but valuable story:
Before I became a blogger and writer, I was a nurse, a wedding cake maker, a graphic designer, a web developer (yawn)—oh, and an aromatherapy candle maker, of all things. It took me an eternity to finally gather the courage, open up my Notes app, and start typing.
The hardest part was swallowing my pride.
What if I fail? What if someone I know finds my writing online? What if people make fun of me? I don’t have a niche - what the hell am I going to write about, anyway? The list didn’t stop there.
Unfortunately for me, my excuses were stronger than my will, and before I knew it, a barrier the size of the Great Wall of China had been built between me and the dreams I’d had since I was about three foot tall.
I went around the bend countless times, experimented with new careers, learning new skills, hustling to earn a living from those new skills. Not once in a million years did I stop and think: you silly girl, you could be making a killing writing about your experiences!
Instead, I wallowed in my sorrow and completely overlooked the obvious—the opportunities that were right in front of my eyes, well within reach.
These are the same opportunities you are basking in without even knowing!
The abundance, freedom, and life you want to create with your words are staring you in the face at this very moment.
If I can do it, you can too!
If the title intrigued you enough to click on this story and start scrolling, chances are you’re already a regular in the writing game. Maybe you’ve dipped your toes into blogging, or even written and self-published a book.
Or perhaps you’re where I was four years ago, just toying with the idea of giving it a go.
If there’s one thing I can tell you with 100% honesty, it’s this:
If you feel called to writing for any reason, grab your laptop, phone, or even just a pen and paper—whatever you have—and just WRITE!
Why the urgency?
Because the sooner you start writing, the sooner you’ll learn to tackle messy drafts, sentences that don’t read right, and paragraphs that make no sense.
Every writer, even modern-day Hemingways or Elizabeth Gilberts, has to go through this painstaking process.
I shared the previous boring stuff about my ups and downs with you not to bore you to death, but in the hope to help you understand that it’s okay to feel like your writing is not worth reading. It’s also totally fine to feel embarrassed and be petrified of failure—it’s all part of the game.
And now that the small talk is out of the way, I’d love to show you what it takes to earn $500 a day from selling your eBooks online.
Why Do You Need to Write an Ebook?
Some people use their creative writing to make other people rich. They freelance, they hustle, and they convince themselves it's okay because they're earning a living doing what they love.
I tried paying my bills by selling my soul on platforms like Upwork and Fiverr, but since I live in a country (the UK) where getting paid $20 - $50 for a 1,000-word article simply wouldn’t cut it, I had to pause and look deep into the eyes of my passion and tell her the brutal truth: “Girl, if you ain’t bringing me no dollars, we ain’t gonna be friends no more.” Even when I signed up with 'prestigious' ghostwriting agencies, something about the process didn’t feel right.
I wanted to write about the many passions I have and the skills I’ve accumulated during the 14,610 days I’ve been on this earth. I wanted to be free—truly free, not relying on freelance clients.
That’s when I finally gathered my resources—marketing, copywriting, SEO, storytelling, graphic design, and a sprinkle of social media skills—and got to work.
I wrote my first ebook in just two days. It was 30 pages—a no-brainer—and I sold 325 copies in the first six months. That book has now been downloaded 27,000 times.
What I’m trying to say is that you don’t need a niche to write a book. You don’t need to have it all figured out. You pick just one topic - one idea - and I challenge you to follow the steps below, and publish a 15-page book in the next 3 days. See what happens. There’s no need to spend months, if not years, on a book that might never sell.
The key is to jump on the idea and ride the waves.
Don’t waste more time, you could be making money right now!