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Natasha Tynes

Exciting things ahead| The Storyteller's Quest Vol. 8

Published about 2 years agoΒ β€’Β 3 min read

πŸ‘‹πŸ» Hi friends,

The past few weeks have been both challenging and exciting. The challenging part was the ups and downs of running your own business, where you have to chase clients for payments, balance your budget, plan for the future and continue to hunt for new leads and clients.

The exciting part was that I graduated from Maven Accelerator Bootcamp, and I have set up a date for my online course on how to get published and make income from your freelance writing.

I will be teaching the course in May. I will be adding more info in the coming weeks. Take a look and ping me if you are interested in taking part in my course.

Here is a picture of our graduation ceremony featuring Maven co-founder, Wes Kao.

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I hope you enjoy this week's installment of the Storyteller's Quest.

Best,

Natasha

πŸ–ΌοΈ Photo of the week

I had a great time chatting with Jordanian-Canadian author Sarah Badawieh about her most recent novel Dalia, and her writing process.

The interview is already up on my YouTube Channel and will be up soon on my new podcast, Read and Write with Natasha.​

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🀩 Things that wowed me

As usual, there are so many good things out there, and it's so hard to keep up. Here are some of my favorites:

πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ¨ Creator Economy: One of my favorite creators, Josh Spector, has a list of videos that every creator should watch. You can scroll this gem of a list here.

πŸ“Ή YouTube: I enjoyed watching this YouTube video by my favorite YouTube Ali Abdaal, titled 20 Podcasts that Made Me a Millionaire. I listened to some of these podcasts and planning to listen to all of them soon. I mean, who knows, maybe I will be a millionaire too someday!

🧡 Thread: Justin Welsh's Twitter thread on how online writing made him over 1 million in income is a must-read if you are a writer who wants to make decent money from your craft.

✍🏻 Writing life: This video of How to Use LinkedIn to Get Freelance Writing Clients provides excellent advice and tips. I have already applied most of them after watching it.

πŸ“° Podcast: I listened to a fascinating and inspiring discussion with Nuseir Yassin, the creator of Nas Daily, on the Colin and Samir Show. It was eye-opening to hear his thoughts on his content creation journey and the knowledge economy.


✍🏻 Content creation

In the past week, I have published the following article in the Jordanian local news publication Jordan News:

I have also published this piece on Medium in which I discuss my strategy for getting published:

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Are you looking for a conte writer for your company's blog or publication? Let's chat. Email me at: natasha@natashastynes.com​


πŸ“Ή The YouTube experiment

The YouTube experiment is still going at full force. In the past few weeks, I posted two videos on my YouTube channel. They are:

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  • ​An interview with Jordanian-Canadian author Sarah Badawieh in which we discussed her most recent novel Dalia, and whether fiction authors should expose their country's "dirty laundry" in the name of telling an accurate story?

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πŸŽ™οΈ Read and Write with Natasha Podcast

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It has always been a dream of mine to start a podcast about books and the writing process, so here we are; the dream is a reality. I'm happy to announce the launch of my new podcast Read and Write with Natasha.​

I already have two episodes. They are:

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Please feel free to subscribe, comment and rate. So grateful for your support.


πŸ‘πŸΌ Recommended by yours truly

  • If you’re thinking about joining the online writing course Ship 30 for 30, I have an affiliate link.I took Ship 30 for 30 last month and it was an amazing experience. I learned a lot, joined new communities and increased my Twitter followers. I enjoyed it that much, that I'm taking it for a second time. I highly recommend it.
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  • One app that I have been using on a daily basis and becoming an integral part of my content creation process is Brain FM, an online music platform that helps you get in the "flow", and do the tasks that require deep work. The good news is that Brain FM is offering readers of this newsletter a 20% discount. Just click here, subscribe and get your discount.

Are you looking for a writer for your company's blog or publication?

Do you need help with your digital media strategy?
Let's chat!

Email me at natasha@natashastynes.com​

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Natasha Tynes

I'm a Jordanian-American author and journalist with over two decades of experience. I have been published in the Washington Post, Nature, Elle, Esquire, among others. I'm also the recipient of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award Literary Conference for my short story Ustaz Ali. I publish the weekly newsletter "The Writing Goldmine," in which I give tips on monetizing your writing and the content creation journey.

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