If today were yesterday then I’d almost be caught up. Time has slipped right past me these last couple of weeks. It seems that I have been playing catch up all this time but just not quite catching up. Being behind makes me want to throw in the towel.
Fortunately there is usually [...]
The end of the year is closing in fast. There is only two full months left in the year and those will fly by (they always do in our house). If I want to be prepared for the New Year then I need to start getting ready today. By starting early I [...]
It is becoming obvious to me that today is a day to focus on tweaking my blog website. Most of the articles I have coming to my feeder have been focused on this subject. And then there are those others that I stumbled over in one way or another. All and all [...]
There are a number of bloggers on the internet who make a living from their blogs. I am not one of them – yet! A recent article at All Freelance Writers about making money as a blogger got me thinking about whether I want to make a living from my blogs [...]
Success is the only option. Once doubt settles into my mind and heart it will allow me to be tossed about – like the waves – from one idea or project or plan to another. There will no longer be any steady direction to my path. I will not go there.
My senses [...]
“You work all the time.” My husband was tying to be sympathetic, but I wasn’t sure if it was for me or for him. My freelance writing is the only income that we currently have coming into our home. YES! I do work a lot. No, I do not work [...]
The talk of money will usually come up when you gather together a group of writers. The subject came up at a conference I attended a few months back during a panel discussion. Each expert seemed to agree that freelance writing was a difficult profession and that not many people could make a [...]
Writers – and I think creative people in general – can be a peculiar people. Sometimes I think that it is because we can’t be bothered with what other people are thinking. Most of the time I think it’s because we have so much going on in our heads that we don’t even [...]
Kicking off a writing career either takes great luck, where you actually land some top paying gigs right off the bat, or some serious self esteem, so that you embrace the mountain of rejection letters. Writing can be a tough business. But you can make it a little easier if you find some [...]
There is so much to do around here. Just when I think I’ve got it all under control, someone adds something to my list, needs an all day errand or requests a rush job. Most days I feel like I’m playing catch up on my to-do list.
These last few days have been different. [...]