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Wednesday, January 19, 2005Pesky Interviews...What to do when your interviewee won't respond to your calls: 1. - Bitch, moan, whine and complain, but keep trying anyway 2. - Give up - so what if you lose the assignment, that person doesn't deserve to be highlighted anyway! 3. Call up their nemesis... (cue evil laugh) 4. Threaten them that... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, January 17, 2005We're on deadline and I'm blogging....yep, 3:24 p.m. on a Monday and I just couldn't take it anymore. So here I sit thinking of all of you while I should be getting the paper together. OK, guess I should get back to that... just wanted to say hello to you all at a random point in my day! Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, January 16, 2005Mini goals&rewards - wrote two articles, edited a third and sent all threeto respective publishers. Received an email from one saying he liked it and could I please do an article on such-and-such next. OF COURSE:) I also queried two or three potential freelance jobs in between some of my productivity. Now FINALLY I can go dry my hair and make dinner. In one fell swoop...... Sign in to see full entry.Don't give up!You know what? When times are slow, you should be searching every day for new writing opportunities if you want to make it as a writer. Concentrate, dedicate yourself and most importantly, believe in yourself! When times pick up and you have more assignments than you can handle, make a list,... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, January 10, 2005I am selfish with my writing money...Perhaps if I made enough to actually make a living, then I wouldn't horde it all away... but for right now, I am working on saving for a house because I do not make enough at my job to save for a house. Man those holidays sure wiped me out...how about you guys? I am still paying for it and boy does... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, January 2, 2005Why Do You Write?To Create, to Invent, to tell a story, to share a moment, to put a few pennies in your pocket, to put some gas in your tank, to make a living, to keep on living, to relieve your stress, to vent, to get something off your chest, because you cannot speak, because you need to feel, because you need to... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, December 28, 2004How to Disable a Stressful Commute to WorkSo as many of you know - or may have forgotten, I drive nearly an hour one way to and from work. I am a newspaper's news editor. I just bought a Mazda 3 and love it, but still get frustrated with the long drive. I came up with this brilliant idea to combat the grumpiness I experience from that... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, December 24, 2004A Day off and too much to do to writeSo looks like I will be wrapping presents, baking and cleaning today. No time for writing. Got Christmas cards to address and send - if there is even mail today. And more cookies to bake, even though sis and I stayed up till midnight making some last night. And a majorly destructed room to... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, December 19, 2004It has been TWO FULL WEEKSsince I last wrote to this post. Probably my last post. But I am trying to motivate myself, so I hope it is ok with you guys if I just write when I have time. I think it will be a good thing for me to do - keeping in a regular routine of dropping a post, no matter how large or small. After all,... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, December 5, 2004Catching up with myself...again!So how do you all do it? Moms working and taking care of the family and the house, people working more than one job, those stuck working the night shift and sleeping during the day? I could never do it. Well, ok, I can't IMAGINE myself being very successful at it. I just bought a new car and I am... Sign in to see full entry. |
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