Ryan G. Van Cleve is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, teacher, and writing coach. They run the creative writing major at the Ringling College of Art and Design which has an annual free-to-enter creative writing contest for high school students. They serve as Editor at Bushel & Peck, which publishes exciting titles for kids, tweens, and teens. They're also not-so-secretly known as the Picture Book Whisperer™–the industry’s go-to person to help celebrities and high-profile clients write and sell children’s books. In this episode, Ryan shares a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom for every writer's practical challenge: how to pay the bills as a writer. We discuss maintaining multiple streams of income, setting realistic goals and expectations, and how writing opportunities you may not have considered can empower your overall career. Find Ryan at the links above or at RyanGVanCleve.com Writing Memoir for Dummies The Weekend Book Proposal Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror for Dummies Free Fundie Cheatsheet : ⁠Fundie Cheatsheet⁠ The Anti-Fundamentalist : ⁠tialevings.substack.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠@tialevingswriter⁠ TikTok : ⁠@tialevingswriter⁠ Book with Me for Content Coaching: ⁠Tia's 1 on 1 Calendar⁠

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