I finally finished up a grueling project that I made the mistake of taking. I had never considered how many issues there would be with spell checker which red lined everything that was a brand name. Then, every brand name had to have either a registered or a trademark symbol following it. The articles were for new cars and there were seven of them at 1500 words each. They all contained terms like i-VTEK System. (Lower case "i" and upper case everything else) followed by a TM in a little circle. Every page had dozens of these for several different car models. Then it was writing which options came with which models, standard or upgrade, and with which package. Each article took the entire day to write, between research and transposing information. So fast forward to today. It is Saturday and I am caught up. Not really. I am writing this.
This is my profile that I send to potential clients and I also use it to show aspiring freelance writers what the real writing world is like. Because I have been busy, I have neglected it. If potential clients see you neglect your own profile they may assume that you will neglect them. Or they will think you are too busy for them. The truth is if I was too busy I would not need to update my profile. In fact I would not have solicited more work. I was busy yesterday but I am not yet again. So here sit I, while my wife is out to the Sea Spa and having lunch at Rods Old Irish Tavern with a girlfriend whose husband is also working today..
After I am finished venting here, I will be moving on to writing an article that I do not get paid for. It is to show prospective clients that I write well about nature and the environment. It is also to drive web traffic to a bird watching forum that I have the SEO assignment for. I am killing two birds with....hmmmm. Bad analogy. So I will spend my day researching Atwater's Prairie Chicken and the decline of the Texas Gulf Prairie. My wife will probably be done with her pedi by then and halfway into a fillet of fresh fried flounder. (Wasn't that called alliteration in English class?)
Once I am comfortable with my research and outline, I will sleep on it and write the text tomorrow. I have this weird brain that only recalls facts and details well after sleeping. There is a name for it in the psych world. I will look up the term and tomorrow I will remember what it is after I sleep on it. Actually it is neuronal memory representation reactivation. Try to remember that with or without sleeping on it.
The one thing they say about working from home is that you can make your own hours. That is so true, and lots of them. There is always something positive in every situation however. It is not nice outside so I do not mind being in as much as if it were. Do I sound like Yogi Berra?
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