Running early this morning – I try to schedule doctor’s appointments for as early as I can get them. Today, it’s for 7:30. Amen. I can be back and working by 9:00. Yesterday was great. I handed in the second of the three articles due this month, and the check arrived already for the one…
Monday Marathons
She’s employed! Daughter has finally found a good starting point for her new career. She’s working in a familiar industry – insurance – and she’s getting in at a great starting rate. Amen, alleluia! Good for her! Ironically, it’s a company I met with briefly at the conference a few months back. Since then I’ve…
The Great (or not so great) Compromise
I wish every work day went as smoothly as yesterday. I sat down in the morning and in two hours, I had a finished article. One down, two more to go (well, three if you count the new one due in September). I credit my pre-planning. Knowing the time crunch, I did all my interviews…
Smooth Landing
It’s great to be back. I hope I left enough to entertain you until I returned. I knew before I left I hadn’t done a post for yesterday, but I was exhausted, out of time, and just out of ideas. I’ve found a way to overcome that “I need a vacation to recover from the…
Blog Goodies
Sometimes a great post is just a great post. These are no exception. I bookmark when I can those posts that make me talk or listen up. My intent is to share them. If only I remembered to. Well, now I have. Here are some great posts from the writing community: How Do You Know…
Guest Post Redux
Still off enjoying campgrounds, bugs, and hiking. Looking back over the posts of the last year or so, I noticed a lot of great advice – from you. Here is just a small sampling of guest posts that have graced this blog. Feel free to leave comments on this post or on those posts (the…
More Head-exploding Things
Hop on over to Get Paid to Write Online and read my guest post. I’m still on vacation, hopefully with a cozy camping spot, but I wanted to share some of my more intriguing finds this past week. Here are some more things that make my head explode: Rules that make no sense whatsoever. It…
Monthly Assessment: July 2011
Thought I forgot about the monthly assessment, didn’t you? Well, I did. And because it wasn’t the best month for me, I was tempted to ignore it completely. However, if I’m not accountable to you, then I can’t better myself. Same goes for you. Today I’m off for a week of camping and relaxing (I’ll…
Insanity Via Craig’s List
It’s nuts around here today. I have a ton of stuff to get done before I head off to Maine tomorrow. Five interviews between 11 and 4:30, car in for an oil change (who has time?), and negotiations on yet another job that came in on Friday. Thanks to Wendy Johnson for sending over this…
Common Sense and the New Freelancer
Super day yesterday. I managed to get nearly 500 words down on a 1,500-word article and I’ve yet to touch the interviews. It’s going well, amen. I scheduled a few more interviews – three for today – and I hope to have most of these articles at least roughed in by the time I shut…