No, not writing blog posts, as a verb. Writing blogs, the noun. I subscribe to over 70 writing blogs, and 90% of them are trying to pitch me every day. “Buy my expensive course!” “Join my expensive membership site!” No wonder they can write about making money – they’re taking it from other freelancers! Disgusting.
Now, [...]

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When I left my job at a deeply flawed, borderline law-breaking company last week, I had to do some soul searching. Friends keep asking where I’m going next, have I found a new job, and they’re kind enough to send me job opportunities. It’s very sweet, but I really don’t want to go back to [...]

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This is my first official day out of the office, and my third actual day (they let me go two days early). I have written three articles for pay, 2000 words of my memoir, applied for 6 gigs… And only now remembered to shower.
It is 94° in my apartment, mercifully minus the bedroom, where the [...]

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I haven’t updated this blog in ages. You see, I left the idyllic world of Topless Wednesday™ and No Pants Friday™ to take an office gig. I finished said gig yesterday, after 10 months, with many lessons learned. Here are those lessons, in no particular order:

9-to-5 really doesn’t work for me. First of all, my [...]

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