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How to tell if you are a writer
You have at least three library memberships and at least three different piles of books that are overdue and need to be returned. You get excited at the idea of getting a higher borrowing limit at the library than usual. You have a thing bordering on an obsession bordering on a fetish for pens. And your-kind-of-pretty notebooks. You may or may not have amassed a collection of these without quite knowing what you will fill them with it. You are a member of an online fandom. At least one. You write fanfiction for it. And delight in the response of others along the lines of how good you are…
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Freelancing Friday: A day in the life
I am not a very organised person. Let me give you an example: as I type this, I am currently curled up in bed, with a pile of paper next to me and I only have one sock on. The reason I have one sock on is because I can’t find my other one. The reason I have a pile of paper to go through asap is because I have ignored it for too long. But I am in business now. I’m in business by myself – all by my little lonesome self. If the whole thing comes crashing down around my ears, I only have myself to blame. Surprisingly…