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As writers, we typically write. And by write, I mean we write everything down no matter what it is. We write to do list, grocery list, notes on things we may want to write, character sketches on people we know or do not know. For writers, writing comes naturally. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it comes naturally good, but as a writer, I write down a lot of ideas, even if I don't foresee anything ever coming from it. I always want and need to option of having the chance to use some of those ideas somewhere in my writing.

Today's writing project (A new idea that popped into my head last night and I jotted it down into a screen writing book I'm reading) that I have began writing has a lot of hope. By hope, I'm basically mean that I hope I can create this awesome idea into a best selling novel or at most create 80,000 words. I have a small amount of doubt about this, but clearly not enough to deter me from going further. I guess my doubt popped up when I discovered I can't figure out what color my MC's eyes are. Yes I know, silly right? The color is very important in the beginning here because of what the townsfolk call her. Her name is Gemma and the townsfolk call her "the gem of Redwood". So see my small predicament. I know it'll come to me at some point, but as for the moment, I'm stuck.

Yesterday, my best friend sent me a link to a great writing site called Fuel Your Writing. It has a lot of useful information on it that feeds or fuels your writing.

With my huge list of "Things to Do" I can finally cross one off my list. I completed the guest room remodel finally. There are a few tweaks that need to be done like two bedside lamps and a few pictures on the walls, but other than that, it's completed. I can't wait for the rest of the house to be completed, then I can go back to my normal daily life of writing and creating.

These are some other blogs that are worth checking out...
Freelance Folder
Ink Thinker Blog
Fluent Self
Men with Pens

Moving Along...

I hope everyone is having a great Monday morning! So far so good on my end although I'm still exhausted from the events from the weekend. Saturday we (my boyfriend, his father, mother, sister, and myself) knocked down the wall dividing our (used to be) dining room and our living room. Our house was built in 1973 and back then apparently every room was separated and had a door on it. Our house is just like that. Our living room was small and cramped - not anymore. We decided to make our sun room into the dining room - it works great as that and Saturday we had our first lunch party. The picture above is the first hole and "We have light!". It was so great to see light coming through into this room. I just can't wait until its completed and we can enjoy it. Right now it is completed other than the tape and floating of the drywall and the paint of course.

Yesterday afternoon I was cruising the job boards for freelance writers and noticed such disappointing and down right insulting ads. Some clients are only willing to pay anywhere from $.50 to $1.50 for 500 - 1,000 words. I remember a time when you were paid by the word even if it was only a penny for each word. This is ridiculous! Why are people so cheap. I hire writers and due to my budget can only pay them a penny a word, but I would never ask someone to write on a per article base of such a low rate. My writers write from a template where all the information is given to them and all they have to do is put it into words. No researching for various material needed. I'm hoping to find much larger projects with a much larger budget so that my two writers and I can bring in a much larger income. 

Ah, the good old days when clients were willing to pay what a writer was worth at least come close to it. I hope those days haven't vanished. If they have, I may have to change my line of work. I enjoy being a freelance writer. I love working from home and having time to do what I want to do while still being able to complete my work. It has been a bit tough in the last few weeks due to the renovations, but that will be done by next weekend and my office can be placed where I can get some work done and I will be able to take on much more work than I currently can. 

I came across this posting Liquid Silver - Geeks Need Love To and thought maybe I'd post it here and I myself may attempt this. Considering one of my MS in my novel is a geek per say.The deadline is in June, so it doesn't leave much time to finish it. I do not know anything about this company, so before you submit (if you choose to) please do some research on the company to find out if they are legit or not. 

This is going to be such a busy, busy, busy week. I'm in the process of selling my truck so that I can buy a 4-cylinder car (2002 VW Jetta). We have to complete the renovations on the house and I have quite a few projects due before the end of the week as well as searching out for new clients so the income will begin to flow. Then there's my novel which I'm not so sure I should write in first person present tense. I think I may change it to first person past tense and the book I'm wanting to finish reading, "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer. I want to finish it before I watch the movie.

Projects await, so I'm off.