Frugal Articles For HUB Pages

I landed a new writing assignment which matches wonderfully with the topic of this blog! I am going to have a "HUB" on hubpages.com about frugal living!!!

I also managed to get two more articles to write today so I better get to it.

What are you up to? Post me a comment!

Freelance Writing and My Day Job

The time has come for me to settle down and decide what to do about my freelance career. In a quest to do this as painfree as possible I have joined the Fast Track Community of Dreamers and Doers. The goal of Fast Track is to have 200 people such as myself who want to bag the day job and get a real life join together with some amazing professonals to coach us along the way. Fast Track is an offshoot of Changing Course. www.changingcourse.com

Today I did something I am happy about. I turned down a blogger position with families.com because it wasn't going to pay me very well and I want to earn more money with my writing than what they offered.

I am still working on RAC projects and building up clients in other ways and will keep to the projects which pay better. One decision down! :)

Decision Time For My Freelance Writing Career

Freelance Writing Decision Time

I find myself in an interesting position right now. I have been offered a paid blogging position. Pay isn't great at about $300 per month, but it's guaranteed income. Reading about other's experience with the site tells me that about half think the cash is okay for the work, and the other half don't.

I was also offered a staff writing position on another website. Pay is decent, better than the paid blogging position. I will be doing this gig.

In addition to the two above I was offered another staff writing position but am not sure yet what the pay will be. I would have a byline though on all of my articles and that is a huge plus.

In addition I am still proofreading and doing other projects from a bidding site...

Decision time!

It's FRIDAY! YAY!!!

I just had to show my appreciation that today is the Friday of a three day weekend. How cool!

Party Gammon Is a Fun Website

Party Gammon

Party Gammon is a website where you can play tournament games or download games to play on your own computer. They offer poker, backgammon, etc... Their backgammon is good and you can even download it free. Now, that's frugal!

Party Gammon is a gaming site which uses 128-bit encryption and are regualted by the county of Gibralter for safe and reliable gaming. Playing in their backgammon torunaments you can be sure your gaming is trustworthy and secure.

Party Gammon Check them out.

Fast Track Your Dreams

I started on my serious road today to quit my day job and write full-time. I joined a new program by changingcourse.com called "Fast Track Your Dreams." If you are interested in the program here is a link:

http://www.changingcourse.com/

On the writing front I am happy to report I have a small task left on my wiki project and will also be done with my second eBook by tonight. YAY!!!

Freelance Writing and Frugal Living

In my continuing quest to bag my day job, and write full-time, I have managed to land a paid blogging gig. I will have a freebies blog on families.com. The pay isn't stellar, however, it will be exposure and guaranteed cash each month.

Today I finished up a project writing website reviews for a new wiki. The reviews were much more time consuming than I thought they would be, but kinda fun. Wish I had more time to spend on the project.

I have my 2nd ebook about 7/8ths done. I need to sit down and write two chapters and then it will be totally finished. Good thing, it is due by 2pm on Friday afternoon. :)

I am finding that frugal living and freelance writing really do go hand-in-hand. Each freelance project I pick up I think of in terms of which bill it will pay or how many of them I will need to match a month's income. Lower the cost of living, lower the required income.

Added Another Income Stream Today!

I was offered a blog on a website today. It's paid! YAY!!! I'll post a link when the time comes and it actually has some content on it. :)

Added Another Income Stream Today!

I was offered a blog on a website today. It's paid! YAY!!! I'll post a link when the time comes and it actually has some content on it. :)

An Update On My Freelance Writing and Frugal Living

Hi Everyone!

First, I hope you all like the new Blogger template? My old one had something weird about it so I changed to this more basic one. I think I prefer this one so I will work on getting my linking back up on it soon.

I am VERY busy right now with my freelance writing. I finished up my articles so that's a $600 project in the bank. I have my wiki project about half done. It is due on Wednesday so I plan on finishing it up this weekend or Monday at the latest. My new eBook on "blogging for cash" that I am ghostwriting is about half done or so. The book is due Friday so I will be spending most of my waking hours this week getting it done and sent off. I will also be working on incorporating some of the info I have learned into my blog and another blog I hope to launch at somep point when I have time.

NewStand has been having technical difficulties so I have not gotten much proofing work done. Good thing, actually, because I need to concentrate my ADD brain on writing this week. :)

So far this week my income total for freelance is $700. :)

Willie and the kids return tomorrow. They have been gone for about a week and a half. It will be nice having them home. And, as an added bonus Nugget the Wonder Cat will have someone else to hassle for a while. Dang, that cat is diving my batty.

How is your life going? Post me a comment or two. Anything you want to know about????

Why Can't I Sleep?

As many other people do, I seem to suffer from a horrible case of insomnia. It tends to come every month or two and seems like it lasts for a week or longer. It is SO frustrating. I feel like crap all day long and yet when I get into bed at night I am wide awake. I don't do caffiene late in the day, I don't do anything overly brain stimulating before bed, and yet I lay awake and stare at the ceiling.

I finally gave up last night and crashed about 9. At about 10:30 I think I actually managed to fall asleep. More sleep than I have gotten all week, but I am still really tired today.

On the writing front I have the eBook due next Friday. It is supposed to be about 40 pages of text and I have about 10 done. Guess what I am doing all weekend? :)

Can I Freelance Write Full-Time, With Frugal Living?

Can I Freelance Write Full-Time, With Frugal Living?

The race is on. I have given myself one year to acquire enough writing and proofing work to leave the day job behind. To do this we have some bills to pay and some money to save. Can I do it?

So far this month, and it's only the 3rd I have a check for $60 from RAC and $10 from a blog ad. I think I will keep track here and post my "extra" income and where it goes. (However, this month some of that will be going on vacation to Las Vegas with me....) :)

Oogles N Googles Parties and Busniess Opportuntiy

Oogles N Googles

In surfing around the web I found a great new company catering to children's birthday parties. They are Oogles N Googles!

Oogles N Googles does all incusive educational theme parties for children aged 3 to 11. The party is led by an educational insructor and the party is meant to be both a learning event and Oogles N Googles of fun at the same time.

Oogles N Googles provides a themed cake, invitations, digital photos, costumes, goodie bags and also does the set-up and clean-up. They do everything so you can take the time to enjoy your child's birthday party.

Oogles N Googles looks like a lot of fun for kids and parents!