The Enshittification of America: How Good Businesses Were Taken Apart
How private equity transformed American commerce from serving customers to extracting value. Thirteen industries documented. The playbook never changes.
Category: Money
Articles on generating income through writing and digital platforms. Covers the business side of professional writing, including pricing, revenue models, and the financial strategies that sustain a writing career.
BusinessMake a Living as a Self-Published Author: Build the Business Behind the Books
Turn writing into income. Market research, publishing systems, platform building, scam avoidance. From an author who left corporate at 53 and published 113+ b
Behind the BookI Won a Contest for $15. It Took Me Two Hours.
Three hours on a review for a fifty dollar prize I did not win. Three months of contests for one fifteen dollar win. The arithmetic on micro-income schemes is worse than it looks.
AdviceI Made $25,000 in a Year From Things in My Closet. Here Is What Changed.
A thousand items, twenty-five thousand dollars, one year. eBay has changed under sellers since 2003, and most of the advice out there describes a platform that no longer exists.
AdviceThe Rose Parade Pins That Stopped Me Decluttering
I had the display case open and the pins counted. Then I checked what they were worth, and the arithmetic stopped me. Knowing when to stop is the part nobody teaches.
MoneyHow Not to Make Money Online (I Learned the Hard Way)
The internet is wall to wall with programs promising millions in a week, and most are case studies in how not to make money online. My first venture with Don Lapre's 900 numbers cost $750 and returned $7.50. Here is…
BrandingHow a Book Really Makes Money (Hint: Not Royalties)
Most authors think a book makes money through royalties. Royalties are the smallest, slowest money it will ever make. The book is not the product, it is the engine that sells everything else you do. Here is how a book…
AdviceSelling on eBay: How the Platform Works Now
eBay selling guide from someone who sold $35,000 in a single year and has run profitable businesses on the platform since 2003. What works in today's corporat
ADHDThe Gig Economy: Cutting Through the BS
$10,000 in affiliate marketing. $35,000 on eBay. Twelve years of experiments. Here's what worked, and why most gig economy advice is complete garbage.
ADHDSuddenly Unemployed: The Honest Guide to Job Searching
From a hiring manager who spent 20 years at Trader Joe's: what to do in the first 48 hours, how long your money will last, and the job search strategy most pe
BusinessBuild a Profitable Consulting Practice: The Part of Consulting Nobody Teaches
The essential guide to building a profitable consulting practice without the common mistakes that destroy most consulting businesses.
AdviceThe Dead Don’t Need Stuff: Decluttering Without Destroying What Matters
Forty-five years of decluttering lessons from a collector, not a minimalist. $35,000 eBay purge. Seven major campaigns. Psychology, room-by-room strategy, and