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Helping writers turn their words into life-changing income. ✍️ Full-time solopreneur and writer. Lives in Northern Ireland.
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You've been building the wrong thing on Substack for too long

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By David McIlroy 
| How to Write for a Living
🚹 Derek Hughes and I are running a special live masterclass session on Thursday 25th June to help Substack writers turn their audience into actual income, and we’d love for you to be there! Grab your seat here. I joined Substack in June 2023 with a very small bunch of email contacts and pretty much zero idea what I was doing.
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How to Write for a Living

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By David McIlroy , Karen Salmansohn
| How to Write for a Living
➡️ Get my FREE email course, Substack Launchpad, when you subscribe - you’ll get one email a day for 7 days to help build your confidence, consistency, and traction on Substack. Season 4, episode 9 is here! Karen Salmansohn has sold two million books, been blessed by Madonna, and built a career entirely on the principle of doing something a little extra every single time.
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How to Write for a Living

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By David McIlroy 
| How to Write for a Living
➡️ Get my FREE email course, Substack Launchpad, when you subscribe - you’ll get one email a day for 7 days to help build your confidence, consistency, and traction on Substack. Most Substack writers don’t have a consistency problem. They have a decision-fatigue problem. Every day they sit down and think: what should I do today? Should I write a post? Post a few Notes? Reach out to someone? Repurpose something?
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