Last week I was spending way too much on my massive email list - it grows quickly because I give away a lot of free resources and templates. Because I don't really sell anything with my platform, I couldn't justify the cost and removed almost 20,000 people.

By combining two Mailchimp accounts and reorganizing, I was able to cut my Mailchimp bill in half, so I've temporarily added all those emails back in under my main account, Creativindie. 

However, if you signed up to win a spot at my castle-writing retreat or for the free DIY book design templates, you may not have received the emails introducing my brand and platform, about how you can build a profitable online business around your creative skills and talents.

So I wanted to make sure to offer those to you:

Overcoming your biggest creative challenge
Allow yourself to produce badly.
What it takes to be extraordinary
Slay your demons and channel your creative power.
How to find your market and get famous
You've done the work, now what?
How to sell your work
How to get people to actually buy from you.
When should you just give up?
How to deal with failure and rejection.

Next week I'm going to be up in the Rhodope mountains of Bulgaria, birthplace of Orpheus, and I plan on making 100 new videos about writing, publishing, and building a platform that can support you as you do your creative work. If you have any questions for me, about anything, you can ask on my Facebook page here and I'll make a video just for you.

I DO still plan on cutting this list down again, but I want to make sure I'm not deleting anybody who really wants to be here. If you don't want to hear from me again or receive my emails, you'd be doing me a huge favor if you hit "unsubscribe" down below - I totally understand if you got what you needed or are no longer interested in publishing, book marketing, or building a creative business that allows you to live with more freedom and control.

If you do enjoy getting my emails, please let me know by occasionally opening them and clicking a link inside - that helps me keep track of who is engaged and who I can safely remove from my lists.

Thanks so much!

Derek Murphy

PS) Before you unsubscribe, here are the things I'm going to email about soon. Like almost all of my work, everything will be totally free.

• A free manifesto on turning your creative passion into a profitable freelance business
• A writing contest to win a free writer's retreat (in two different locations, including a castle)
• A new batch of book formatting templates and design templates you can use to make your own amazing 3D book graphics.