Comments on: Making life work as a writer and mom http://michellerafter.com/2008/06/04/making-life-work-as-a-writer-and-mom/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Freelancing in the Digital Age Wed, 23 May 2012 18:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurie http://michellerafter.com/2008/06/04/making-life-work-as-a-writer-and-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 Laurie Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:00:20 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2734 Hi: I've been a freelance writer for the last 13 years. I didn't set out to do so as well, but started when my oldest was in kindergarten, and now she is a freshman in college. It took me a while to admit that I even worked because I wasn't paying for daycare, buying suits or getting regular paychecks. But once I started logging in several hours each week and listening to the woes of women who worked out of their homes and still didn't take my work seriously, I thought, the heck with it. I also have work commitments, in addition to the volunteer hours I squeeze in. Anyway, I have built up a pretty long list of clients and have several clips with my byline. But I don't have a website or a blog. I don't know how to go about getting online work. I'm finding that this may be necessary as the print publishing industry is dying. Any suggestions on where I should look first? E-zines? Content sites? Blog sites? Thank you, Laurie Hi:
I’ve been a freelance writer for the last 13 years. I didn’t set out to do so as well, but started when my oldest was in kindergarten, and now she is a freshman in college. It took me a while to admit that I even worked because I wasn’t paying for daycare, buying suits or getting regular paychecks. But once I started logging in several hours each week and listening to the woes of women who worked out of their homes and still didn’t take my work seriously, I thought, the heck with it. I also have work commitments, in addition to the volunteer hours I squeeze in.

Anyway, I have built up a pretty long list of clients and have several clips with my byline. But I don’t have a website or a blog. I don’t know how to go about getting online work. I’m finding that this may be necessary as the print publishing industry is dying. Any suggestions on where I should look first? E-zines? Content sites? Blog sites?

Thank you,
Laurie

]]> By: WordCount blog: 2008 Q2 report « WordCount/by Michelle Vranizan Rafter http://michellerafter.com/2008/06/04/making-life-work-as-a-writer-and-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-331 WordCount blog: 2008 Q2 report « WordCount/by Michelle Vranizan Rafter Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:23:15 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-331 [...] as Jane Boursaw, who blogs at Reel Life with Jane. I also did my first stint guest blogging writing Making life work as a writer and mom, for Susan Johnston’s Urban Muse [...] [...] as Jane Boursaw, who blogs at Reel Life with Jane. I also did my first stint guest blogging writing Making life work as a writer and mom, for Susan Johnston’s Urban Muse [...]

]]> By: Michele http://michellerafter.com/2008/06/04/making-life-work-as-a-writer-and-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Michele Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:06:46 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-330 Excellent piece! I followed your link with your guest post. I'm a regular reader of Susan's Urban Muse. I'm so glad she had you as a guest! *smiles* Michele Excellent piece! I followed your link with your guest post. I’m a regular reader of Susan’s Urban Muse. I’m so glad she had you as a guest!

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Michele

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