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post #21 of 32
6/3/07 at 8:35am
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post #22 of 32
6/3/07 at 2:30pm
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post #23 of 32
6/3/07 at 2:37pm
Thank you for starting this thread it is in the exact right place.

I have had writer's block SO bad that I'm ready to give up... I've even had a hard time keeping up with my reading. I'll read all of your replies for (hopefully ) inspiration.

Even with prompts, even when picking up my own work to revise, I can't seem to get back into it.
post #24 of 32
6/4/07 at 6:05pm
I'd like to join this thread, I need motivation right now, big time! I've been on maternity leave since 5 weeks before I had my daughter (who is now 14 months) and haven't done any paid work in that time. When DD was six months old I began writing again, slowly, just to get the creative juices flowing. I got an unpaid regular gig at a fairly well-known website so I'm building up a portfolio of work and it's good in that it keeps me in the 'habit', but I really need to buckle down and get some paid work now. I have a To Do list of research/enquiries I need to do or make to get things kick-started. I hope you don't mind if I share it with you, writing things down for others to see really keeps me motivated!

*contact local papers, ask if there is anything I can cover/write
*contact my previous town's paper; ask if they'd like anything contributed from a former townie who now lives abroad (maybe on their less formal website?)
*talk to a career counselor at a local university's journalism school; ask what resources are available to get me started in freelance work
*ask about tutoring students or editing their work for small fees
*enquire with my university's alumni association if there are any contacts/associations in my new area
*email previous professor who was my mentor; ask for advice/reference
*email some online publications; ask if they take freelance submissions
*National Union of Journalists -- do I meet the criteria for joining? what benefits might I see from being a member?
post #25 of 32
6/4/07 at 6:10pm

horror short stories

Is horror genre allowed? If so I will post my horror stories that I write.

Sheal
post #26 of 32
6/5/07 at 11:58am
Incorrigible, ITA with your ideas on APing older kids!
post #27 of 32
6/6/07 at 6:07pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks, loriedna! If only I could sit down and write a book that's readable.

Today I did business writing. Not my fav, but it helps buy cloth diapers, kwim?

And I organized the kitchen. Sort of. Woohoo. How sad...I'm now making cleaning one of my writing goals. :
post #28 of 32
6/7/07 at 12:38am
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post #29 of 32
6/7/07 at 1:22am
Thread Starter 
Don't think I haven't contemplated that very idea!
post #30 of 32
6/7/07 at 3:51am
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post #31 of 32
6/7/07 at 7:37am
Thread Starter 
Just trot over to my blog later today...you've inspired me. :
post #32 of 32
7/20/07 at 11:02am
Thread Starter 
So, I never wrote that post, being the queen of procrasinators!

I've been mad busy lately with vacations and bad backs and all sorts of stuff, but I got up this morning and wrote a big chunk o' novel and I am really jazzed about it. (I blogged about it on Not Hannah.) I've also been really disciplining myself to write my for-pay blogs more frequently.

How are y'all doing with the writing? Any interesting words spewing out?
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