HeyJaredThe Accidental Author
The story of a rom com author trying to earn a full-time living by making stuff up.
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Your morning routine is getting out of hand... (opens the original)
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Hi, I’m Amber!I live in a small village in Scotland, write romance novels for a living, and have spent the last 20 years documenting my life on the internet, while finding increasingly elaborate ways of avoiding a ‘proper’ job. This is where I write about how that’s going.Want to tag along for the ride?Subscribe now<div class="captioned-image-contain
I’m accidentally living someone’s dream life in a Scottish village... (opens the original)
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OK, I’m just going to say it: people on the Internet are weird about Scotland. I mean…<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="234" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEST!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-po
My neighbour’s dog is earning more than me... (opens the original)
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Hi, I’m Amber. When my husband was diagnosed with kidney failure, I walked out of my well-paid corporate job, with no plan other than to never go back. Since then, I’ve been making a living from writing, social media, and just about every side hustle imaginable, and I write about all of those things, plus my life as a romance author in a small Scottish village, right here in my newsletter. Subscribe now
All the things I’ve done to make a living without having to get a job (opens the original)
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20 years ago I walked out of my well-paid corporate job, with no plan other than to never go back. I haven’t had a ‘real’ job since.(I also haven’t had money since, and I suspect these two events may be connected. But that’s another story for another day…)I’ve written quite a lot about what made me finally quit the 9-5 here, so I won’t repeat myself, other than to say that even though I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do (or, you know, how I was going to pay
Everything I've learned from failing on Substack (opens the original)
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Another day, another Substack Note from someone who joined the platform yesterday and is now celebrating their 200th paid subscriber. Or someone who joined last week and has just quit their job to Substack full time. I mean… is it just me who’s currently being bombarded with this kind of thing every time I log in here? Because, don’t get me wrong: I’m happy for all of those people and Ima let them finish. No, seriously: good for them. I don’t blame them in the slightest for wanting to shout abou
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