How to support yourself as a writer

I’m sitting with the rough draft of my non-fiction book that I’m meant to have finished yesterday, ready to start all over again.

Five weeks ago I started a course called The 30 Day Book Writing Challenge with Joshua Sprague and on the first day, as instructed, set a date and consequence for my getting (or not getting) my book finished. The date was set for yesterday, December 10, and the consequence…