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The Profitable Writer — 119 episodes

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Title
1

Kill Your Darlings

2

Because I Asked

3

Fix the Squeaky Door

4

Begin with the End in Mind

5

How Do You Define Success?

6

This Moment Matters

7

When the Well Runs Dry

8

Forgiveness = Flow

9

How I Write and Edit My Daily Emails and Podcast Episodes

10

You're Not the Same Writer Anymore

11

An Easy Way to Write Every Day

12

What Freedom Means to Me

13

Should You Rewrite Your Older Work?

14

The Two Sides of Creativity

15

The Writer's Notebook (July 2026)

16

Why Do My Emails Looks This Way?

17

The World Needs Your Words

18

When Life Throws You a Curveball

19

Should You Start a Podcast?

20

How to Write More Content

21

What Will You Leave Behind?

22

Put Yourself in the Driver's Seat

23

The #1 Quality of Successful Writers

24

Who's in Your Corner?

25

Only 7 People Showed Up

26

Get on the Trail

27

Re-Introducing the Daily Writer Podcast

28

Test episode

29

Why Not You?

30

Slow & Steady Wins the Race

31

Van Halen’s Advice for Writers

32

Follow Your Fear

33

Be Bad in Order to Be Good

34

Appreciate This Moment

35

Persistence Pays Off

36

Fear Can Be Your Best Friend

37

What If?

38

The Power of a Personal Video

39

What Comes Easy to You?

40

The Fountain of Youth

41

Are Your Emotions Telling You the Truth?

42

Your Scars Are Part of Your Story

43

How to Recognize a Good Idea

44

The Easiest Way to Grow Your Audience

45

Success Comes at a Price

46

Are You Lost in Your Own Fantasy?

47

51 Rejections

48

3 Tips for Introverted Writers

49

Before You Sit Down to Write, Stand Up to Live

50

Happy Little Accidents

51

You Can't Plot Out Your Life

52

How to Write About Your Pain

53

Look for the Signposts

54

Your Words Are Powerful

55

My Dad Hand-Wrote a Book in Two Months

56

What Writers Can Learn from Citizen Kane

57

Write for the Ninety-Nine, Not the One

58

The Curse of 4.0

59

This is Your Only Competition

60

3 Tips for Introverted Writers

61

Are You Master of Your Domain?

62

Bring Your "B" Game

63

Why Not You?

64

In the End, It All Goes Back in the Box

65

What Have They Got That I Ain't Got?

66

If You Want to Be Profound, Be Simple

67

The Ghost of Willy Loman

68

How to Get Unblocked

69

Why Are You So Busy?

70

The Infamous Vomit Draft

71

The Fountain of Youth

72

Uncovering the Pearl Inside

73

Breathe, Just Breathe

74

The Beauty of Having No Opinion

75

Curiosity Resurrected the Cat

76

When Was the Last Time You Were Astonished?

77

5 Ways to Support Other Writers

78

Are You a Tastemaker?

79

Success Comes at a Price

80

Angels Are in the Details

81

Follow Your Fear

82

Are You Cut Out for This?

83

Comparison Kills

84

Whose Advice Are You Taking?

85

Become a Person of Interest

86

The Curse of Johnny Carson

87

Begin with the End in Mind

88

Create a Body of Work

89

Think 100 Years Into the Future

90

Like Sands Through the Hourglass

91

Jerry Seinfeld's 200-Round Practice Routine

92

Life is Not a Multiple-Choice Test

93

10 Tips to Beat Writer's Block

94

Go to the Slush Pile

95

Carve Until You Set the Angel Free

96

The Only Thing You Have to Offer

97

Write the Truest Book You Know

98

I Don't Know and I Don't Care

99

How Many Times Are You Willing to Try?

100

Pruning: Eliminate A Few Activities

101

Watering: Read Books for Nourishment

102

Planting: Keep Track of Your Ideas

103

Preparing: Till the Soil of Your Mind

104

Your Book Cover Keeps the Vision Clear

105

Today is a Gift

106

Self-Doubt is Just Fear in Disguise

107

Grow Your Network with the Power of Generosity with Vincent Pugliese

108

Milestone #6: Create Streams of Income Based on Your Writing & Services

109

A Declaration Worth Making

110

The Central Question for Every Writer

111

A Lesson from Gothic Cathedrals

112

Fundamentally Trustworthy

113

How to Instantly Multiply Your Ideas

114

Be a Person of Value

115

Are You Listening to Your Life?

116

Make Your Own Luck

117

Put One Word After Another

118

Jill Lublin: Publicity Strategies for Authors

119

Jeffrey Shaw: Living the Self-Employed Life