What are you wondering about?

I'm trying something new and would love your thoughts and questions!

I’ve been on Substack for about two and a half years and I have never once published a paid post. For most of that time, I was working a day job and wrote here primarily as a creative outlet. I originally started Unresolving with the goal of making myself write more, giving myself a more playful outlet when more traditional publications were shuddering and there were fewer places to publish essays. At that time, I had a steady income and didn’t want to squeeze the joy out of writing by trying to make money from it.

But now I no longer have a steady income, and I’m actually trying to make a living writing. I’ve been publishing here with relative consistency for the past nine months and each essay takes days (sometimes weeks) to write. So, though I’ll still publish my regular long-form essays every other Friday for free subscribers, I’ll also attempt to publish paid posts every other Friday in an effort to recoup some amount of value for the large amount of time I pour into this platform.

I’m thinking these paid posts will offer tips, prompts, and insights about the writing and publishing process. While there’s already a lot of this floating around Substack, my path to writing was not exactly typical. I’ll try my best to offer a unique point of view from someone who came to writing later, was a total outsider to the literary world, and then eventually published a novel with a big 5 publisher by trying, learning, and trying again.

But before I go full steam ahead, I’d love to ask what you specifically want to hear about! It can be related to the writing process—how to get an agent, where ideas for novels come from, how to stay motivated, how to get started, the cost of a book tour, etc. It can be about balancing a corporate and creative life, what it costs career-wise to shift paths, when to take the jump away from your “day job” and how. It can be questions around selfhood and identity, dating and relationships, which are by far my favorite topics to get into. Please send ideas, questions, or half-formed thoughts—anything that comes to mind! You can leave a comment below, DM me on Substack, or reply to this post (it goes to me).

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Last call for my workshop!

We’re kicking this off next week (Monday the 15th!) and have an amazing group with a few spots left. We’ll meet Mondays at 7-8pm ET for 4 weeks, this also includes two 30-minute calls with me and an edit of 5 pages of writing. Message me for details or apply here!

In case you missed it

Last week’s post was a big one. I’ve worked on it, in some form or another, for years and was proud to finally put it all out there. Also great conversations in the comments.

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