Holly does not know how to make a full-time living as a writer.
Well, I think I need a Plan B. I decided that I would try to ramp up my freelance writing income so that I could quit my job. Not earning money is not going to be an option, and at the bare minimum I have to be able to continue making my car payments (though also making my student loan payments is also important, and anything else is helpful).
Here's the problem: I'm not sure how I'm going to drum up enough work, and it's starting to make me panicky.
I actually broke down and decided I'd write some incredibly low-paying articles for D emand Studios, even though I thought writing for so little money was insulting; I figured I could maybe get an adequate income by writing tons and tons and tons of articles.
I don't see how it's going to be worth it. The amount of work they want for a measly little $15 dollars is just unreasonable. Their editors are actually pickier than other higher-paying venues for whom I've written. I'm sure it's just me; I have a friend making $300 a week writing for D emand. The fact that I can't figure out what they want (like how do you get a government source for an article on risks to birds of a specific type of non-stick pans that's not Teflon? even my librarian google-fu skills have failed me) just makes me feel incompetent and stupid, and I feel like that enough at my library job. It really doesn't feel like a good use of my time. But I don't know what I'm going to do instead. Maybe I'll have to suck it up and do it anyway if I can't find an alternative.
Here's the problem: I'm not sure how I'm going to drum up enough work, and it's starting to make me panicky.
I actually broke down and decided I'd write some incredibly low-paying articles for D emand Studios, even though I thought writing for so little money was insulting; I figured I could maybe get an adequate income by writing tons and tons and tons of articles.
I don't see how it's going to be worth it. The amount of work they want for a measly little $15 dollars is just unreasonable. Their editors are actually pickier than other higher-paying venues for whom I've written. I'm sure it's just me; I have a friend making $300 a week writing for D emand. The fact that I can't figure out what they want (like how do you get a government source for an article on risks to birds of a specific type of non-stick pans that's not Teflon? even my librarian google-fu skills have failed me) just makes me feel incompetent and stupid, and I feel like that enough at my library job. It really doesn't feel like a good use of my time. But I don't know what I'm going to do instead. Maybe I'll have to suck it up and do it anyway if I can't find an alternative.