It only took one day of summer for me to realize how much free time I’m going to have for the next two months, so I quickly decided to try freelancing. My first thought was to try to get a part time job – just something to fill the time and make me some extra… Continue reading The Fight of Freelancing
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Rolling with the (Figurative) Punches
Life is hard. Sometimes you get knocked down, and you have to get back up. But sometimes getting up is not as easy as it should be. I’ve spent a lot of time these past two years trying to figure out how to get back up, how to turn these figurative punches into something useful,… Continue reading Rolling with the (Figurative) Punches
Today got off to a good start: I ate a cinnamon roll for breakfast.
One of my favorite quotations is from a book called The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. “There is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe.” I really really want to write,… Continue reading Today got off to a good start: I ate a cinnamon roll for breakfast.
Rejection
As I mentioned in my January Update, I sent out some queries after I entered ABNA. Out of the ten I sent out then, I’ve received replies for five of them, all of which were varying forms of “no.” While it’s true that no means no, I think I’m right in saying that this no: Thank you… Continue reading Rejection