Raq, amych, Suzi, yeah -- I won't lie, there are pros and cons to freelancing, and it is a hell of a lot of work to get started and get gigs, but it is absolutely the right choice for certain people.
But you really have to be a self-starter and learn how to promo yourself while walking (and sometimes tripping over) the fine line of "promo self" and "being a jackhole."
There's this chick on Twitter -- no one we know -- who had pimped her ebook 8 times a day for the past week! Same tweet every damn time.
I'm all "For sweet fuck's sake, even if it is the Best Novel I Would Ever Read, I will not ever read it because you are annoying me so much."
I spent the evening at a local freelancer's event with a good girlfriend of mine, and met some cool people, and then went home with my friend and we sat on the porch and gabbed for a couple of hours. And then walking out, there were two deer, a mama and a baby, just casually walking down the sidewalk. Didn't startle; were just ambling nonchalantly down the sidewalk in the middle of Kansas City! It was so cool!
And I NEEDED a night away from the house and the computer and garage sale prep. It was lovely.
smonster, can't wait to see your package! Uh...wait a minute...
Hil - this is ridiculous. It's a good thing booze is vegan.
Hil, I'm glad you have fruity beer to help you deal with all these screw ups where you work.
We're in Bath, which is lovely as usual. We went to the Jane Austen museum today and then took a bus around the city. The friends we're staying with are having a baby! It was a pleasant surprise to find out when we got here; although if I knew ahead of time I wouldn't have brought a bottle of wine as a gift.
sj - glad you're having fun! but for a pregnant lady, perhaps chocolate ....
You can have a glass of wine once in a while while you're preggo.
True, and even if your friend chooses not to drink, I'm sure she still appreciates the gesture! And no doubt her partner does too.
sj, I'm so glad you are having a fun. I love Bath.
TB,
I saw that. Hard to know anything since we don't have access to his medical records, but I thought the opinion was interesting.
So, I had yoga tonight and the instructor is German perhaps, maybe Swedish (I can't place her accent and it doesn't sound like most of the German people I have known) and throughout the class she was telling us to keep our "ass" in.
It wasn't until the final minutes that I realized she was saying "abs" the whole time.
So I have a firm butt (like always), but my core is lacking.
