General update

[brit_columbia]

I'm just letting you guys know that I'm not going to be able to post any story updates this month. My business seems to have turned a corner and I'm up to my eyeballs in work and deadlines. I'm currently working seven days a week and most evenings. However, the one thing I do know, from my history of being self-employed for the past two and a half

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[awieatti]

Note to self: never get self-employed! (Then again, if I manage to become an author, I will be sort of self-employed...)

I had a very "sweet" halloween - I think I consumed more sugar (and alcohol) on that day than I usually do in a month! xD

Anyway, I'm glad you're still thinking about Justice, so that means it's only a matter of time for you to write it down - better than writer's block or the problems you had with chapter 32!

[brit_columbia]

Yeah, never be self-employed! it's not like I thought it would be at all. Maybe it'll get better in the future, but I don't know.

Your Halloween sounds like more fun than mine!

Good news re Justice. I wrote a bit on Chapter 33 today and I'm at 1234 words, which means the next chapter is basically one-fifth written.

[reijamira]

The good news is that I'm finally making a bit of money. I get worried during the slow times.

I'm happy to hear you finally make some money, even though I wish you wouldn't have to work on weekends. Don't burn yourself out.

I wish my self-employment would go a bit better. I'm self-employed since February this year and so far it only goes very slow. I would love being self-employed more if I would make an income I could actually live from. Well, hopefully I'm getting there.

[brit_columbia]

Unfortunately it takes a long time to get a business established and to get customers who will refer you to others. Eventually there will be a kind of snowball effect. For my whole first year, I hardly got any clients, and I was too new in the business to be confident about going out and finding them. Plus I couldn't sleep in those days and had no energy.

Now I'm much more confident and my confidence is like a kind of energy that makes people seek me out. I've also refined my methods of talking to potential clients which has helped a lot.

I wish you the best of luck. I totally understand what you're going through.