The Smutlancers: Writing about sex and getting paid to do it

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Book Review: Business Model You

Contributor Chase Tramel reviews Business Model You, a book written for people who want to own their own business or work for themselves to figure out what they want their business to be and who they want to be as a business owner.

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Dealing With That Thing You Really Don’t Want to Do

We’ve talked about procrastination in the past, and I’ve mentioned that when you feel it, there’s a reason for it. Sometimes it’s because you have to do a thing you don’t want to do — but you have to do it anyway. Or maybe you don’t. That’s what I’m talking about in this week’s podcast episode!

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Why You Should Consider Public Speaking as a Smutlancer

Public speaking takes many forms, and it can help your smutlancing career goals. As Veronica Bly, explains it doesn’t have to be too scary, either. She shares the benefits of public speaking and how to overcome your fear of it with help from your persona.

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Smutlancer Monthly Income Report: August 2020

I think I know what these numbers will look like (spoiler: down from other months). I’ve already had my own moment about it, and yet I have to remind myself that the decrease in my income was (slightly) strategic. There was no way to keep up my former level of freelance work and get any other projects off the ground. It’s a short-term (I hope?) decline for a long-term gain (I hope?).

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September 2020 Mailbag: Smutlancers Community Q&A Edition

We decided to use this month’s mailbag episode to answer questions asked in the Smutlancers community. In a relatively short amount of time, many questions were asked. For community members, they get an answer as soon as someone can reply — even if it’s not from Molly or Kayla.  For anyone curious about how helpful the Smutlancers community can be, here’s a peek into the “ask anything” channel in our Slack group. 

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Consent and Confusing Contracts: Top Tips Before You Sign on the Dotted Line

Thanks to an excellent lawyer, and a few years of experience with contracts and Smutlancing, Girl on the Net shares an overview of some of the key things to be aware of when a client sends you a contract and highlights why contracts are like sex: your informed consent is absolutely vital.

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Rebranding the Smutlancers

This week’s episode is a long time in coming, as are the changes you may be noticing around the website or on social media. In this episode, we announce the changes we’ve made as part of the Smutlancers rebrand — and we talk about what we did to make it happen.

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Smutlancer Spotlight: Cameron Glover

Smutlancer contributor Chelsea A. Hamlet (she/her) brings back the Smutlancer Profile aka Smutlancer Spotlight with an interview with Cameron Glover (she/her), a Black femme from New Jersey, who has built a career creating her own path as a writer, podcaster and business coach for sex educators.

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All About Smutathon 2020

In this week’s episode, Molly talks to Amy Norton (she/her), professional smutlancer and founder of Smutathon. Love to write about smut? Want to support a worthy charity? Whether you want to write for a good cause or flex your smut-writing abilities (or both), this episode is for you. Learn all about Smutathon and how you can get involved in this episode.