Well, I've signed a contract to work 10 hours per week for a marketing company where Spencer's brother is the head of creative. I'll be writing, proofreading, DTP and blogging, plus possibly maintaining the Web site. Combined with my four to six stories per month with the Woburn Advocate, that's a viable second gig, although I won't really believe it until the money starts rolling in.
And I'd love to be able to drop the Advocate in favor of more lucrative and interesting features for magazines. I love doing it, but the pay is extremely low, and I'm always wiped out the next day.
My next step is to establish a work schedule I can stick with. I want to work at least 4 billable hours on Mondays and 6 on Wednesdays, supplemented with a couple of administrative hours on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon.
After summer is over, or if the marketing firm wants more hours, I'll add time on Mondays, which means I'll have to leave Harmony on Sunday afternoon.
Also, after this month, I will no longer accept Monday stories at the Advocate and try to reserve that as a quiet night at home to do laundry, relax and get ready for the work week.
If this works out, I'm going to drop Elance and ramp up my search for feature articles.
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