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Freelance Writing is Fun But Tiring

I don't think I have ever typed so much in my life. Seriously, I have been writing, writing and more writing for what seems like days. :) I can't complain though, because it is so much fun!

Today I managed to get 10 of my remaining 30 content articles done. Total that's about 6,000 words of BS, oh, I mean content. 20 more to go and I will be DONE with that project. Can't wait.

On to the eBook and Wiki project.......

How Did This Happen?

I am still wondering how I managed to get myself into this mess.

It started with a desire to write. Long, long ago I wanted to be a writer, but never managed to write much. Then came Associated Content. Their website (Link on the sidebar of this blog...) pays you to write about just about anything non-fiction. I thought that sounded too good to be true and one day while I was bored I whipped up a few articles. They paid me for them! Much to my surprise...

So, I started posting on the WAHM message board about how cool writing was and how I wanted to do more of it and get into freelance writing. A kind soul, pointed me to a site where I could get freelance jobs, and it has totally taken off from there.

So, my mess you ask? I have a week off from my "day job" and find myself with 30 more content articles to write, a 20,000 word eBook and now 15 more content articles for a new wiki site. All three of these contracts have long-term, (full-time job) type potential and I want to make them all love my work. However, there are only so many hours in the day.

I came down with this miserable cold on Christmas day and the cold medicine makes me less than creative. And, the watering eyes don't help much either... :)

Well, I should get back to writing. I think I need to make some goals and a calendar and then make sure I stick like glue to it to make sure I get everything done on time. It's doable. But I need to concentrate my ADD brain and write, write and more write!

The Berkley Center for Infertility

Berkley Center

Many women suffer from infertility and look online for solutions. One of their first stops online should be to the Berkley Center blog site. This website/blog is a WONDERFUL resource for women who are trying to conceive.

The site is run by Mike Berkley, Licensed Acupuncturist; Doctor of Acupuncture. He has a great resource list and talks about some good points on his site. Other providers from the Berkley Center also post messages on the blog.

If you are looking for solutions to infertility, I highly suggest you check out the Berkley Center website.


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Sick Again For Christmas...

I don't know what it is about Christmas, but I ALWAYS manage to be sick. I was fine on Christmas Eve and then BANG - Sick as a dog on Christmas Day. I think I probably caught something shopping on Friday afternoon at the grocery store. It was totally mobbed and I stood in line for about a half hour with all the other shoppers coughing and complaining about the wait.

Regardless of my illness I gotta write, write and more write this week! I'm off from work and have not one, not two but THREE writing projects due... Thankfully I have four short articles to finish one, 34 longer ones for the other and then my new eBook project that is not due for two and a half weeks. :)

The company I proofread for has been working on their website so that's actually a good thing because I haven't been tempted to proof while procrastinating about writing. :)

I hope everyone had am amazing holiday season and was safe and healthy. Off to get some writing done before my cold medicine stops working.

Happy Holidays - It's Almost "Vacation" time!

First off I wanted to tell all of you who read my blog HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I really do appreciate you reading my ramblings. :)

What's up on the homefront? The kids are excited for Christmas. Jason's play is tonight at school. He has one of the leads and is a Christ-moose. Should be interesting. After the play we promised the kids a resturant meal at one of the places we like to eat. Don't go out often, but they have good food for a reasonable cost.

Tomorrow is my LAST DAY at work before vacation. I will be off until Jan 2!!!! How totally exciting.... However, it will be a "working" vacation as I have a contract to write 50 articles. 10 are due tomorrow, with part of those done already, and then another 40 to go... :)

So far this week I have made my day job income, $30 for blog ads, $105 for proofreading and $595 from my writing on RAC. Not bad for "extra" income.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Patriot Safe Company

Willie has been looking at gun safes on the web. We have one currently but with Cody getting older and interested in hunting, it will soon be too small for our guns and we would like a bit larger one.

So far we feel like the
Patriot Safe Company offers the best gun safes. They have an amazing selection and their prices are great.

The Patriot Safe Company has the largest selection of products available. We really like the look of this hand gun safe located here.

It's Friday!

I managed to complete both my eBook and my tech article this week. RAC will pay me for them next Friday. YAY!!!

I have to say that I am SO glad it's Friday! It's snowing lightly here and it's a really nice day. I am looking forward to being home for the next two days.

One more week of *gag* work and then I am on vacation!!!!

Freelance Writing and Proofreading Occupy My Days

I have embarked on a mission to replace my full-time job income and become a WAHM once and for all. To do this I am employing all of my multiple income stream knowledge and trying to build some "perm" type projects and some "temp" ones to balance those out.

First I have been eBaying during the holiday season. That was fun and I am happy it's done for the year. However, I will be on the lookout for items to sell over the next holiday season, next year.

I have been doing blog ads. Those weird posts you see here, with a lot of links in them, are paid. I get $10 for each of them and they take like 10 minutes to do. :) LOVE those.

I have been freelance writing and earning cash doing it. Right now I am on schedule to get paid for a $200 and $500 project next Friday. Not bad! :) I have another $600 project under contract and pending my working on it. I have two months so I am not in a big hurry on it.

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I am in negotiation with someone about ghost writting a full-legnth book for them. This would be GREAT. We shall see.

I recently discovered a great job doing proofreading from home. I love it and the pay isn't bad either. :) This is work I can do 24/7 and pay is based totally on my time and effort. Right now I believe in two days I have earned about $100. I am waiting to see my first pay from it and decide if it is a viable "perm" job to add to my list.

I am also still doing surveys and MyPoints. I recently earned another $35 in WalMart gift cards from MyPoints and last month earned about $50 from surveys. Not bad. :)

What are you doing today to start to live the frugal and happy life you want? Post me a comment!

Frugal Wedding and Party Resources

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Monday, UG....

It's always just so dang hard to get out of bed on Mondays. I can't wait for the day when I can work from home and not have to be here by 8am five days a week. It's such a drag... :)

This past weekend I wrote an article on encryption algorithms and looked over the changes that need to be made to my eBook on ethanol. I am hoping to get both projects cleared for payment by Friday's cut-off date. This will make the income count in 2006 and not 2007. Better for us because I made less income than I should next year.

The only shopping I really plan to do now for the rest of the year is a small gift for the kid's teachers, and the Angel Tree gifts for work. Hopefully we can get it all done without spending too much cash, though I do have a budget for it.

Well, back to the daily grind. :)

Frugal Life Insurance Site

I was trudging around the net the other day looking for information on life insurance. I happened upon a site called Financial One.

Financial One is a one-stop shop where you can get life insurance rates from up to 125 companies all in one place. This will save you time and money in your quest for the best policy for you.

I was happy to have found Financial One and I hope you check them out if you are in the market for some life insurance.

So Many Websites & Blogs, So Little Time

It's Friday. Anyone who knows me IRL knows that I announce this all day. I live for Fridays. :)

I wish I had about a month to do nothing but search the web and read other people's sites and blogs. There is such amazing information out there. With search engines like Google, I can find anytthing I want in a matter of seconds. How did we live without the net?

However, since I do have a "day job" and am working on building up my various income streams, I have to save my searching and reading to things mostly relavent to working and writing. Please post a comment though and share your site or others that you enjoy. I'm always on the lookout for new places to check out!

On the writing front I am finishing up my eBook. Glad when that beast is done. This weekend I am working on an article on data encryption algorithms for a software company. This project is actually pretty challenging and interesting. I find it amazing that I am getting paid, and well, for learning something and writing a bit about it! And, behind that project I have a contract to write 50 content articles. The pay is decent and they should be pretty quick to write.

My egg income stream seems to have dried up now for winter. The hens just aren't interested in laying much when it's about 20 degrees out! :)

However, my referal income is up for AC and other sites. That's pretty exciting. I am also funding Christmas this year from surveys and eBay. Shipped out my LAST eBay packages of this season today. Happy to have that beast over as well. The post office isn't exactly a fun place to go in December. Even in a small rural town like Yreka CA!

That's my frugal and freelance life for today. What are you up to? Any good sites to check out while I procrastinate about writing??

Resources for Earning Money Writing

On my quest to leave my day job for good, I am building up my income streams. Many of them revolve around writing in one form or another.

I have found two GREAT resources to help me along the way. The first is an eBook by
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I know that I am now able to write a 500 word article for submission to places like Associated Content in 30 minutes or less. I procrastinate, something I am working hard at changing, but I need that extra structure and help to get me writing. I highly suggest you check out her eBook. Click Here!

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My Freelance Writing Week...

This has been a pretty amazing week in my life. First I submitted my first draft of my eBook to the buyer, who loved it, and now I have two more contracts to write for cash! :)

Guess what I will be doing this weekend?? :)

Everything else in our lives is chugging along well. It's still COLD here in Siskiyou County but we are expecting either rain or snow soon. I'm hoping for snow.

Social Mail is Really Cool!

Like everyone else I am getting to a point where I have multiple e-mail accounts and with them the multiple passwords that go along with them. Sometimes I will send out an e-mail, forget which account I used, and wonder why I haven't gotten an answer. Has this happened to you before? There is a GREAT new site out there helping to change all this, and make our family/friends/business communication work better. This site is called Social Mail.

Social Mail is all about bringing group communication to one place and eliminating the gazillion e-mail messages that get lost in spam filters and clog up our e-mail boxes. It's a site who's time really has come!

One of the absolute coolest things on Social Mail is that you can create a poll or survey. You can then sit back and process the results when you get the time. I have to say I am registering and will really use Social Mail.

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My Freelance Career Is Taking Off!

I wanted to share the exciting news with all of you... I received an offer today to write a 1000 word article for - drum roll please - $200! :) HOW TOTALLY COOL is that?

I am almost done with my eBook, thankfully, and have to send it's first draft/version off to the person I am writing it for tomorrow. After that I will have to start working on my new article because it has a 15 day deadline and requires a bit of research on my part.

It's amazing to me, still, that money can be made by doing something I enjoy so much!

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Stocking Up For Winter

We have more food in our house than I think we ever have in the past. I started doing some couponing, requesting free samples, and just plain stocking up on sales. It's a pretty gratifying feeling to see all of the food in the house and know that no matter what's up in our lives we could eat well for a very long while.

I also think I have most of my Christmas shopping done for the year. We aren't buying too much this year and that helps. :)

I'm still working on my eBook that I am ghost-writing. It's been a LONG process but I am happy that it is almost over. My deadline is Wednesday for a rough draft so I know what I will be doing with all of my free time for the next three days. :)

On that note, I also just submitted another article to someone I am hoping to get another paid writing gig from. Slowly but surely I am bound and determined to build up an income writing.

The eBay items I bought this summer did well for the Christmas buying season on eBay. Thankfully those are dwindling now and I am leaving eBay again until sometime next year.