Irina González, MSW Student

Therapist-in-Training, Former Journalist, Founder of Unmasking Therapy

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Tag: freelance writing

Here’s what happens when a writer has too many ideas

Posted on April 12, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. So if you’ve spent any amount of time around me in real life, then you probably know one thing about me: I get easily excited. I don’t know if I would consider myself a super impulsive person, but I’m not not an impulsive person. I think…

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March 2017 Writer’s Life: My piece for VICE and Q1 totals [#yearofwriting]

Posted on March 31, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. If you’ve been following my #yearofwriting post here for the months of January and February, then you know that I am determined to do a LOT more writing this year and I’m also determined to track everything. This month, to be honest, hasn’t gone quite as smoothly…

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Thoughts on turning 31… and the
future of Map Your 30s blog

Posted on March 23, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. When I first started writing about turning 30 years old and decided to create the Map Your 30s Blog, my idea was simple: I wanted to write about all of the changes happening in my life and I wanted to make the point that life doesn’t…

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February 2017 Writer’s Life: What I wrote, how I pitched & money I made [#yearofwriting]

Posted on February 28, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Last month, I decided to write about what it is really like to be a freelance writer these days… As part of my commitment to the #yearofwriting, my January 2017 Writer’s Life post included all of the hard numbers (meaning how many words I actually wrote…

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January 2017 Writer’s Life: Published pieces, money talk, pitches & more [#yearofwriting]

Posted on January 31, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. At the start of the year, I wrote about the 7 fearless things I am doing for my career in 2017 and exactly why I am signing up for the #52essays2017 challenge. I also committed to making 2017 my #yearofwriting… my theme for the year, if…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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