A Someday Writer
Plattsburgh, NY has a population of less than 20,000 -- a city by name only. Now, I realize there are MUCH smaller towns in the world, but compared to places like NYC and LA (popular hubs for artists, actors, writers, and other creative types hoping to make it big) Plattsburgh is an itty-bitty place. I've… Continue reading 5 Ways to Freelance in a Small Town
A few months ago, I came across this comical piece from the New Yorker about working from home. It's hilarious, mostly because it's a little too accurate. Everyone who works from home is at risk of getting sucked into a vortex of unstructured-ness, a wormhole of "I have nowhere to go, nobody to see, no… Continue reading 10 Ways to Resist Depression When You Work from Home
So, I'm a full-time freelancer now. I'm self-employed, working from home, setting my own schedule - free as a bird. It took a lot of courage and a lot of preparation to make the switch, and I'm still working at it. I'll always be working at it. Keeping my freelance career alive is going to… Continue reading How I Prepared To Work From Home
“I’ll write,” he promises. And he does. The first postcard shows a mountain range, a picture captured on a clear day. A few wispy clouds drift by, but the landscape is still bright in the sun. When they’d hiked those mountains together, it had been thirty-five degrees, raining. Their sneakers had slipped on leaves, brown… Continue reading What John Remembers
I own a lot of books. Once upon a time, I read a lot of books. Lately, I've been buying a lot of books and leaving them to collect dust. This is my central book hub. It holds about 3/4 of my book collection (not including comics). As you can see, it's beginning to overflow… Continue reading What’s She Reading? – January 18, 2017
In case anyone's curious, here's what I've been listening to this month for writing, setting up my freelance business, cleaning my apartment, singing in the shower, and more.
I know it's been two weeks since January 1st, but bear with me. I'm still shaking off the holiday hangover. 1. Write more. This is pretty obvious, right? Write. No matter how much I write, I'm never satisfied with how much I've produced, but lately (and for a while now) I've been writing next to… Continue reading 3 New Year’s Resolutions for Writers (But Mostly for Me)
We all deal with writer's block, and it's just about the worst thing ever. Writer's block is annoying and disruptive and often strikes without warning, for no reason at all. (In fact, I experienced writer's block the moment I started writing this post. I used method #4.) Until recently, I was struggling through a four-year-long… Continue reading Writer’s Block Is Terrible
Step One of my (loosely structured) strategy to reclaim my authorial identity was to create this site. Done. Successful. Even one step can be a big accomplishment, if it's a step in the right direction. Step Three is to actually write something. I'll work on that later. Step Two was to reclaim my writing space,… Continue reading This Blog Is Looking Pretty Empty, So Here’s a Post
