Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Last month, I got some news that was less than stellar: My editor gig at Brit+Co was going away due to budgeting issues and my writing job at MamásLatinas is no longer happening either. So that’s basically two out of my three main forms of income disappearing right away….
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August Writer’s Life: New gig, letting go & mental health [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I don’t know how to say this other than to say it: August has been a very, very difficult month for me. It’s not because I didn’t have any work and was suffering financially (thank goodness) but because there were some changes and adjustments at Romper…
July Writer’s Life: Why I write about alcoholism recovery [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Well, after a very successful first six months of the year in terms of pitching, I am flailing a little bit (as you will see later). Predictably, most of my time these days is taken up by my food editor job and my PT writing gig…
May Writer’s Life: My first month at Romper was huge [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Hello there, May. In my fifth month of the #yearofwriting, I’ve done spectacularly well. As I announced last month, May 1st was the start of my new Lifestyle Writer role at Romper — a part-time gig that involves writing mostly about sex, love and relationships for the millennial…
April 2017 Writer’s Life: My new blog & new gig at Romper [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Well, here we are! It’s April in my #yearofwriting adventures and I have not one but TWO big announcements, so let me start with those… 1. I started a new blog, The Cookie Dough Life! The first week of April was not good for me. I hadn’t…