James D. Michael

Jan 14

HOW MUCH I MAKE GHOSTWRITING NOVELS ON UPWORK

And is it worth it? — I first came across Upwork nearly eight years ago. Back then, the very concept of making money as a freelancer writer was as alien to me as pigs suddenly wearing human clothes and sitting down to dinner (at the time, I hadn’t read Animal Farm either). But when I signed…

Writing

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Jan 12

A New Years Resolution: Tell People That You’re a Writer

It will not only improve your confidence, but make you a better writer in the long run — Writing and self-doubt. Name a more iconic duo, I’ll wait. When I first started writing some 10 years ago, it was purely as a creative outlet, a way to express myself on the page in a manner that I simply couldn’t do anywhere else. From my deepest and darkest insecurities…

Writing

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A New Years Resolution: Tell People That You’re a Writer

Jan 12

The Importance of Writing Bad Ideas

It will make you a better writer. — The blank page. Is there a more depressing sight in existence? You’ve just come up with a great idea. You know in your heart of hearts that it is. Whether it be a blog post, a short story, or even a poem, you know that once you manage to sit…

Writing

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Dec 16, 2021

WRITING HACKS: HOW TO WRITE BETTER SCENES

I’m a ghostwriter by trade, writing fiction novels for small online publishers so that they can sell the work under their own names and hopefully turn for themselves a profit. And during my time as a ghostwriter, I’ve written somewhere in the vicinity of 150 novels. …

Writing

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Dec 13, 2021

I WRITE ONE NOVEL EVERY FIVE WEEKS: HERE’S HOW I DO IT

For the last three or so years of my life, I have written on average one novel every five weeks. These aren’t short stories or novellas either. They’re full-length novels, averaging 80,000 words each. And this wasn’t done in a vacuum, a situation where writing novels was my only means…

Writing

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I WRITE ONE NOVEL EVERY FIVE WEEKS: HERE’S HOW I DO IT

Dec 8, 2021

I’VE WRITTEN OVER 150 NOVELS. HERE IS WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

I know what you’re thinking right now, and to be perfectly honest, I can hardly believe it either. 150 novels! By myself?! Surely, it must be a lie. A novel is defined as having a word count of above 80,000 words. So, assuming that most of these were toward the…

Writing

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I’VE WRITTEN OVER 150 NOVELS. HERE IS WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Dec 6, 2021

HOW TO BUILD MUSCLE THE EASY WAY: A GUIDE

There’s a dirty little secret when it comes to building muscle at the gym. An unspoken about fact that a lot of people know, but few talk about. An easy way to do it. A not so complex method that I’m about to reveal right here, in this blog post…

Gym

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HOW TO BUILD MUSCLE THE EASY WAY: A GUIDE

Dec 1, 2021

5 GYM MYTHS THAT I WISH I KNEW WERE FALSE WHEN I STARTED WORKING OUT

THE ORIGIN OF THE GYM MYTH It was 12 years ago now when I first started going to the gym, and back then the world was a vastly different place to what it is today. Covid-19 wasn’t even a twinkle in a dead bat’s eyes. Donald Trump was still just that guy from the one scene…

Gym

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5 GYM MYTHS THAT I WISH I KNEW WERE FALSE WHEN I STARTED WORKING OUT

Nov 30, 2021

A FOLLOW FOR A FELLOW FOLLOWER

Or: How I learned to swallow my pride and ask for followers I was so excited when I first heard about Medium (about two weeks ago). A place where you can publish pretty much whatever you want and, based purely on the content and how good your writing is, you…

Followers

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Nov 29, 2021

THE REVERSE DIET: Eat as much as you want without putting on weight!

I want you to do something for me. Take a moment to yourself, close your eyes, and imagine a world without eating restrictions. It’s a world where you can go out for lunch and order whatever you want on the menu. It’s a world where you can follow this up…

Health

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THE REVERSE DIET: Eat as much as you want without putting on weight!