Maura Magazine

i almost never pitch either, it feels awful

I do pitch but it does feel awful every time

i freelanced A LOT when i had a 9-5 which feels pretty crazy in retrospect, but i also didn't have a kid then. now, i have a non-9-5 job that ends up leaving me with lots of little pockets of free time to get writing done, but i also have kids, so i'm kind of handicapped a +1 and a -1 that even out. but now i kind of only write what i want -- the ideas i'm too excited to not see through, or the assignments that pay too well to turn down -- and i'm happy w/ that. bouncing between writing and a different kind of work makes me enjoy both more, i think if i only wrote i would enjoy it less.

Social media presence has def helped the reception of my pitches, but it's thanks to a full time job that I can do this shit. I will never underestimate having the sort of job with uninterrupted computer time for a couple hours a day.

related: http://priceonomics.com/the-priceonomics-freelance-writing-program-s1000

sorry to clog the maura thread up with "the difficulties and wonders and challenges of being a freelance writer in the aughties"; is there a better thread?
should i maybe make one?

do freelancers all have day jobs to provide their income?

side note: why is that site called "priceonomics"? That just seems like a weirdly redundant coinage, it's like saying "Relitheology"

thx for that curmudgeon, reposting.

Air Supply? Really? Haha :)

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new issue in a week if everything comes together. thanks anyone who has held onto their subscriptions (they're going down in price bc of the intense delays i experienced all last year (and this year so far lol) in getting issues out)

Sorry for cryptic post. Maura was just on the CBC 20 mins ago discussing that particular Antipodean atrocity.

ah lol