It's hard enough to start a subscriber email. But what if--like freelance writer Lyz Lenz, who has two books coming out in the next twelve months--you asked your fans to pay for it? It's so crazy, it might just work.
Hello from the Mom 2.0 conference, where Jess and I just did a panel on Launching a Speaking Career. More on that in an upcoming episode--but meanwhile, this one's a real thought-provoker. Most of us struggle with what's a good use of our time in our writing careers. We've talked a lot about the value of an email subscriber list when it comes to selling books and sharing your work--but what if the email is your work, or becomes a way to share your work?
Journalist
Lyz Lenz uses
Substack to share a largely
subscriber-only email with a group of readers/fans whose financial support has helped to carry her through the ups and downs of a freelance career.
Other links mentioned in the episode:
#FaveIndieBookstore
Lyz Lenz's fave is
Next Page Books in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "Bart knows all the local gossip and has always been a great supporter of my work."
Find out more about our guest, Lyz Lenz,
here—and check out the first of the TWO books she's working on this year, God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss and Renewal in Middle America on
IndieBound.
