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Quarter 4 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. It’s impossible to look at the past three months of my writing life without having all sorts of conflicted feelings. For one, if I simply look at the numbers of how much money I made (and how much I wrote) in the past few months, it is easy for me to feel really disappointed. The simple truth is that each and every quarter this year, my freelance income has decreased. But that’s not necessarily the WHOLE truth. If you look at just the numbers then, sure, that’s what is happening. But the bigger picture is that I am also a Managing Editor…
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Quarter 3 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, how do I want to start talking about Q3 of 2019 in terms of my writing life only to say that it was possibly the most tiring period of my entire life so far. And why? Well… because I am pregnant! Yes, I know this isn’t related to writing but it is actually related to my life and, thus, related to my writing. Most of all, there is one big thing that I realized this quarter: That you can have all of the best intentions in the world when it comes to writing and deadlines and being the best freelancer you…
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Quarter 2 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. This quarter of my writing life was filled with a lot of ups and downs. In particular, I had a pretty major personal up and then down when I got pregnant and then miscarried in the month of April. That was very disappointing but, at the same time, it somehow filled me with renewed energy and led to one of my favorite essays I’ve ever written. Remember how I like taking difficult topics and turning them into essays? Yeah, this is a prime example of that. Still, it wasn’t easy… How much I made: $6,575 I made pretty decent money this quarter, and that…
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Quarter 1 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, here we are. It’s a new year and, as I promised, I am keeping up my #yearofwriting posts but this time doing them quarterly because, honestly, monthly was just really hard to keep up with last year and I can’t do it anymore. But, as a freelancer, I think it’s really important to share how I am doing in hopes that it will inspire others. This year has brought a LOT of changes. I don’t even know where to start so, for now, I’ll start with the money stuff. How much I made: $8405 Okay, so, that doesn’t actually seem like a lot.…
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Well, here are my 2019 writing goals… with a twist [#yearofwriting]
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, as you’ve probably read about in my December 2018 writer’s life, last year did not go as wonderfully as I hoped. I did not make my financial goals for the year and I felt extremely burnt-out at the end of the month, which I am still kind of dealing with. However, I also had a lot of personal stuff happening (new marriage! shoulder surgery! bought a house!) so I think it’s okay. I’m ready to tackle 2019… But first, I wanted to do the math on how much I actually wrote last year. How many stories I wrote in 2018: 299 That’s 18 in…
