Freelance Feast & Famine

February was a dead slow month for writing jobs, but March is shaping up to be a whopper. I was just presented with a rush job from a regular client, plus I have two book reviews due in the next two weeks – one is due Friday. My synopsis is done on my book pitch, but I have the sample chapter to complete by next Tuesday.

Alas, this is the wild and woolly world of freelance writing. It’s feast or famine. I survive it by having little trickles of income that I don’t have to scramble for. For example, I write blog posts for Examiner.com about Republican politics, and I get paid per click. I have subscribers and regular advertisers on my personal site. I write the occasional pay-per-click piece for Today.com (they’re still hiring bloggers!) which provides a little income stream.

And yeah, I dog sit. Shutup. Money is money! You gotta do what you gotta do when there’s a dearth of work! See how glamorous the life of a writer is?