Sipdown!
Man, the past few days have been really really encouraging, freelance-wise. First there was the unexpected rush editing job I did yesterday that I think turned out well.
Then, I managed to nab a completely new freelance writing client this afternoon! When I responded to the client’s call for writers to write profiles about independent businesses in Toronto, they initially turned me down saying that they had enough writers show interest, but also saying they might want to get back in touch with me in a few weeks.
In response, I said that I’d love to hear from them again, and that when they do contact me, I’d be willing to write stories about the suburb that I live in, Scarborough, which doesn’t get much love in the press.
The client’s response? Something along the lines of “Well, if you WANT to write about SCARBOROUGH instead of downtown, then we’ll hire you ASAP.”
So, yeah. That happened.
After that, I completely reorganized the bookshelves in my office to make my main reference materials (style guides, dictionaries, grammar textbooks) easier to reach, and also to clear away clutter.
Now I’m suffused with the satisfied glow of a hard day’s work.
Um, yeah, the tea. Hmm..
This is nice and fruity/floral, but I have to admit that it doesn’t taste as sweet as it smells. It’s nicel, but mostly I’m going for it because it’s decaf and because it’s an easy sipdown.
So, um, yeah. That was my day today.
Thanks very much to Sil for sending me a sample of this.
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Amazing day! Congrats!
Nice, I’m glad your having a nice run of projects and new clients!
Fellow freelancer here: Writers who find that narrow itch that no other writer wants to scratch often find a steady supply of assignments! Kudos on keeping grammar textbooks nearby. I refer to a children’s grade-level thesaurus, but if I have a grammatical traffic jam, I just veer around the block :)
So glad you’re having lots of projects come your way!
Thanks, guys! I’m glad that things have been going well lately (though of course, that comes with the idea that for every rise, there is a fall; hopefully the fall won’t be too hard).
@gmathis: I rely too much on MS word’s thesaurus or thesaurus.com. I really should find a paper version. Which one do you use, or recommend?
I have some specialized ones I have worn out:
Children’s Writer’s Word Book (can’t find the older edition I use on Amazon)
Descriptionary by Marc McCutcheon
Writers’ Digest Flip Dictionary by Barbara Ann Kipfer
The Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale, which I was given in the third grade by my grandma and I would read like a novel.
Amazing day! Congrats!
Nice, I’m glad your having a nice run of projects and new clients!
Fellow freelancer here: Writers who find that narrow itch that no other writer wants to scratch often find a steady supply of assignments! Kudos on keeping grammar textbooks nearby. I refer to a children’s grade-level thesaurus, but if I have a grammatical traffic jam, I just veer around the block :)
So glad you’re having lots of projects come your way!
Thanks, guys! I’m glad that things have been going well lately (though of course, that comes with the idea that for every rise, there is a fall; hopefully the fall won’t be too hard).
@gmathis: I rely too much on MS word’s thesaurus or thesaurus.com. I really should find a paper version. Which one do you use, or recommend?
I have some specialized ones I have worn out:
Children’s Writer’s Word Book (can’t find the older edition I use on Amazon)
Descriptionary by Marc McCutcheon
Writers’ Digest Flip Dictionary by Barbara Ann Kipfer
The Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale, which I was given in the third grade by my grandma and I would read like a novel.