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![February 2018 Writer’s Life: Adjusting to changes [#yearofwriting]](https://irinagonzalez.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/27575291_210040319555251_101500466730369024_n.jpg)
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 …
![August Writer’s Life: New gig, letting go & mental health [#yearofwriting]](https://irinagonzalez.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/writerslife-August.jpg)
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) …
![July Writer’s Life: Why I write about alcoholism recovery [#yearofwriting]](https://irinagonzalez.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/writerslife-July.jpg)
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 …
![May Writer’s Life: My first month at Romper was huge [#yearofwriting]](https://irinagonzalez.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18161547_1780244255622950_8229199442700402688_n.jpg)
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 …
![April 2017 Writer’s Life: My new blog & new gig at Romper [#yearofwriting]](https://irinagonzalez.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AprWritersLife.jpg)
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 …