Category: Career
The (3rd annual) corporate Christmas party for a work-at-home freelance journalist/blogger
Working in a home office can be super lonely. So every year, I throw myself an office Christmas party! (Here’s the first one, and here’s last year’s in case you missed them.) They’re a total blast … Well, for the most part … There’s usually… Continue Reading “The (3rd annual) corporate Christmas party for a work-at-home freelance journalist/blogger”
Paying for childcare when you work at home
This is something I’ve struggled with ever since I started freelancing, when D was just three months old. “If I’m paying for childcare, what’s the point in freelancing? I’ll barely make anything!” I was utterly CONVINCED that it didn’t make sense to shell out… Continue Reading “Paying for childcare when you work at home”
The Self-Employment Meltdown: Pre-Christmas edition
When I worked in an office, this would have been a fun time of year. Work would have been winding down before Christmas. There would be an office Christmas party — like, with actual people other than just me. There would be Secret Santa… Continue Reading “The Self-Employment Meltdown: Pre-Christmas edition”
Sixty-five thousand
I hit 65,000 words today on my novel (in my novel?) and it feels … it feels like everything. Fifty thousand words felt like a huge accomplishment — was it really just 12 days ago? — but now at 65,057 words I feel like I’m… Continue Reading “Sixty-five thousand”
Fifty thousand
I hit 50,000 words this morning on my newest novel — the novel I’m hopefully will actually see the light of day. Fifty thousand and 14 words, to be exact. You know, unlike the first one (55,000 words) that I got up early very… Continue Reading “Fifty thousand”
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