• J.H. and Phill talk about how they've designed their writing lives, and offer some helpful tips so you can develop yours. From bad habits, to day jobs, to the challenges they've faced, they get into the grit of pursuing an author career while having to hold down day jobs.

News:

• Big 5 Profits
• Clarkesworld Subscriptions
• Draft2Digital - How to Avoid Author Scams with Victoria Strauss
• Amazon putting out a new version of Kindle for Mac

Tools:

• Freewrite - These things are wild!

Creatives on F.I.R.E.:

• J.H. walks us through the Agent querying process
• Phill talks about stocks and the zombie apocalypse