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Amy Suto
Hello! 👋 I’m Amy Suto, a published author and freelance memoir ghostwriter. Subscribe to my newsletter & writing job board here!
After the Book Launch
It’s been almost a month since my book Write for Money and Power launched — and I’m still processing what just happened. From hitting the Amazon bestseller list in business books to having a book reviewer paint a watercolor of the book (yes, really), this self-published launch has been the most meaningful project of my writing career. In this post, I’m sharing the emotional side of what it’s like to launch a book — especially when you’ve done it all yourself. No gatekeepers. Just grit, a six-month plan, and a whole lot of heart.
Press Release: WRITE FOR MONEY AND POWER by Amy Suto Available Now
San Francisco, Calif. (January 12, 2025) - Bestselling author, Substacker, and seven-figure ghostwriter Amy Suto has announced the release of Write for Money and Power: The Anti-Starving Artist’s Guide to Becoming a Seven-Figure Writer, a new book challenging long-held beliefs about writing as a low-paid profession.
Meet My New Book: Write for Money and Power
Meet my new book: Write for Money and Power: The Anti-Starving Artist’s Guide to Becoming a Seven-Figure Writer. Available for pre-order now!
31 Lessons I’ve Learned Before Turning 31
Turning 31 earlier this year felt like a milestone worth unpacking — so I wrote down the 31 lessons that have shaped my life so far. From building dreams brick by brick to managing energy like currency, these reflections cover career, creativity, health, and the art of living fully.
24 Things I Learned in 2024: Writing, Travel, & Money
Here are the 24 lessons I’ve learned in 2024 about writing, money, health, and travel.
23 Ways to a Better 2023: Find Health, Wealth, and Adventure
Here are my top 23 tips to have a healthier, wealthier, and more joyful 2023! Learn how to freelance, get help writing your memoir, and live your best life in the new year.
Welcome to the Future
It’s about time this blog got a facelift. Here’s some updates about these kickin’ new digs and what I’m up to nowadays!
Pain Clarifies Priorities: Getting My Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis and Creatively Recalibrating
"I can't walk," I struggled to say, lying on an exam room table at USC's health center six years ago as two doctors stood over me. My hip felt like someone had poured gasoline on it and laughed as they lit the match.
Quarantine Nomads: How Freelancers Can Live and Work Remotely and Safely During COVID-19
I spent most of this year quarantined in Los Angeles, sitting at the dinner table with my cat and Zooming with friends over cocktails and societal outrage for five whole months. I've taken COVID pretty seriously, seeing friends only for the occasional masked hike or social distanced hang.
Nobody is Going to Make Your Thing: The Cavalry Isn't Coming and Other Hollywood Pep Talks
I get a lot of people who ask me how to get started in the industry, i.e. how to sell a script or something or get somebody to produce your idea or get a studio to buy your screenplay or make your podcast or whatever.
Get Help Becoming a Freelance Writer + Writing Your Novel, Screenplay, or Whatever: Consultations + Writing Coaching Sessions Open!
In the past decade or so since I started this blog, I've had the pleasure of chatting with so many of you wonderful people about all things writing/creativity/the best coffeeshops in LA.
How to Plan a Research Trip for Your Script or Novel
Want to make the most out of your research trip for your script or novel? Look no further! Here are my top tips to have inspired adventures.
Writing Routines: A Holistic Approach to Crafting Your Weekly Writing Schedule
If you think I'm writing these blog posts in part so I can spend my mornings browsing aesthetically pleasing photos of coffee and desks and people writing in dramatic lighting, you'd be 100% right. Also, it's January, so I'm on that Self Development Kick that we all get when advertisers are hammering into our minds how we can be better, and our new years' resolutions haven't faded from our minds for the next 11 months.
A Writers' Life in 2018: Novel Writing, Freelancing, First Episode of Television
It's December! You know what that means: a lengthy reflection on the year that's passed, with all the ups and downs and status on my impending carpal tunnel!
Day in the Life of a Freelance Writer
Hello friends! I'm back from doing some travel (San Fran for work, Tahoe for play) and also just moved into a new apartment with my best friend who also happens to cook the best Italian food you've ever tasted.
Working in Hollywood and the Cost of Ambition
In a whirlwind two months, I graduated from USC with a degree in screenwriting, won some shiny things from USC and from the Television Academy for the series I wrote and created, started full-time as an assistant to an awesome TV lit agent at Verve, and made some incredible new friends.
Inside the USC Writing for Screen and Television BFA Program
Because I'm graduating soon, it's about time that the nostalgia hit full force. Tonight is my last USC class, ever, and it's all beginning to sink in.I've been doing a few panels for admitted screenwriters and have been answering a lot of questions about the program, so I thought I'd write about what it's been like going to school here for the Writing for Screen and Television program.
