OK, so my 2 years of job experience has taught me a few things, most prominently that I’m not cut out to be the mom that works 50+ hours outside the house with little chance of building real wealth or independence. About a month ago, I set off on a vacation with my kids. I […]
WAHM Work at Home Moms
How to FOCUS on work when you have kids in the room
OK, so in the past my solution to working from home in spite of the fact that I have children was to lock myself in the bedroom and beg, bribe or otherwise encourage (mostly begging) them to leave me alone until this one task is complete. There’s never been a soundproof room in any of […]
Pet Peeve About my Fellow Writers
Is it ethical to use my own website to complain about people who might be readers? I say “Yes, as long as it’s constructive.” I also think I might have just quoted myself in real-time for the first time ever. Do people do that? I guess I do. So here’s the thing: Stop Wasting Your […]
Back to life, back to reality….
Remember that song? It’s been stuck in my head ever since I made the decision to come back to internet writing professionally. I started this site in 2008 and at that time, I was supporting my family of 8 with the revenue I made from write-for-cash sites, revenue sharing sites, content mills and through […]
Why you should never go to Amazon.com
A boycott of Amazon- she must be kidding, right? Relax- I wasn’t calling for a boycott, I was just asking you to never simply type Amazon.com into your browser, that’s all. Whether you’re spending $5 or $500- somewhere there’s a work-at-home mom who could conceivably make a few pennies from the sale. My Amazon.com earnings […]
Speaking in Public: getting started as a public speaker
The title of Speak and Grow Rich always made me think that there must be an easier way to make money selling words. With public speaking, you don’t even have to write them down, right? I think I’m pretty funny in my head while I’m washing dishes; thinking compelling thoughts in a mental narrative that […]
Right place at the right time- SWEET
I know you skim over marketing emails, too. 90% of them are just spam- designed to remind you that you once thought something was interesting enough to add yourself to an email list. But the fact is, for me anyhow, that if I don’t buy it right away, chances are that I won’t even open […]
In Defense of Schizophrenia in the Online Workplace
So- I found a great website about working at home. The articles were informative, relevant and interesting. I decided to follow the site’s owner on twitter, because there was an icon in the sidebar. Once I saw her twitter homepage, though, I changed my mind. Her twitterstream was filled with horrific news stories, not helpful […]
How to find new writing sites before anyone else
There are new websites offering opportunities for writers every day. It starts like a wave. One website is formed on the message boards of another website. Discontented or financially inspired contributors (or designers or editors) from one website decide to jump in and create their own. It’s happening a lot right now. Some sites will […]
Demand Studios Drama and Lies
Angela at Writer’s Weekly publishes a weekly (duh) newsletter for writers. I strongly urge you to subscribe and ignore half of it each week. The trouble is that she has an aversion to web writing. Every week she goes on a mission to prove that web writing opportunities are bunk. Writers who have failed at […]
