Writing Strategies

It’s Time Writers Reframed AI

The bots are not likely the spawn of the devil nor the salvation of working human writers

Mar 4 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Your Book Is Written, You’re Almost 50, and You’re Freaking Out: Read This Before You Hit “Publish”

Step 1—Your book is finished. Step 2—You panic. Good. Here’s the cure.

Feb 22 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Write by Hand to Get Your Brain in Gear

How to find better focus, better flow, and deeper thoughts

Jan 26 • Stace Dumoski

Is Your Inner Perfectionist Holding Your Latent Potential Hostage?

(Spoiler: Probably.) Here's a real lesson from my deep-dive online course

Jan 19 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Today's Pinterest for Grown-Up Writers Who Actually Want Traffic

This isn’t your daughter’s vision board platform anymore

Jan 12 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Why Your Writing Website Is Essential

What? No website? You can make your own even if you HATE tech and have a skinny budget

Jan 9 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

The Ultimate Cure for Writer’s Block

If You Tune In, the Words Come; We Can’t Edit a Blank Page

Dec 12, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

The Sanctuary and the Marketplace: Building a Sovereign Creative Life on Substack

This is one of the best explanations of creativity and marketing you'll ever read, but sadly it was written by a bot.

Nov 24, 2025

The Phantom Reader Problem—Writing to the Metrics

Are you alienating the readers most likely to pay you?

Nov 14, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

A Private Message and Invitation to Paid Subscribers

I made a public statement. This is the private conversation.

Nov 10, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Don’t Apologize for Your Late Start: Why Your Writing Business Could Die of Beginner Content

This is a compelling secret strategy that you must know if your writing goals mean something to you. You won't learn this anywhere else.

Nov 4, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

How to Build an Email List Without Social Media (Because Life’s Too Short for Algorithm Anxiety)

My 7 strategies that actually work when you’re done with the scroll-and-pray game

Nov 2, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

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