Freelance writer and editor. Made in Ohio, based in Berlin.
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Working for Free? Someone’s Got to Get Paid
I’ve been thinking a lot about getting paid lately. Not only because I’ve been a self-employed editor and writer for the last six months, but because the internet blew up this week over an incident in which The Atlantic asked a writer to adapt a hella long story for zero dollars. Freelance writers went into […]
Morenew: quit your job zine
Remember how I quit my job last year? This zine is my testimony of how I followed my heart and left my dream job and gets more into the details of how and why I quit. Now for sale on Etsy! An aerial view of my desk while I was working on the zine:
Moreby the way…
Finished writing my book yesterday at 2:30 p.m. I can’t tell you how much of a relief it is to be done. Well, you know, done aside from the rounds of editing coming over the next few months. Hurrah!
MoreHurtling towards my book deadline
Current word count: 27,818 (out of 30,000) Trying not to freak out too much about the fact that my book is due in less than a MONTH. I’m starting to break down the remaining stuff to do into manageable chunks. I made up a calendar with weekly goals written on it, for example, my goal […]
MoreHoly crap, my book’s almost real
Current word count: 25,035 (out of 30,000) A little more than a month left until my manuscript deadline, and I have reached my Jan. 1 goal of 25,000 words a few days early! It’s incredible to see the progress I’ve made. The book still has some holes and placeholders, but my to-do list is manageable, […]
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