I have a lot going on in the next two weeks. Some of it involves travel, which I love, but hate at the same time. I love getting out of town to do something new, but I hate not being outside of my comfort zone. My house. I’m just going to see my kids so I’m not going to be running around meeting people, but I’m going to be outside my community, which makes me a little nervous because, well, Covid and all. But I’ve had to cut down on seeing my kids as it is the past year, and that really sucks now that I live alone.
I’m also in a kind of a funny stage in life. I’m living with my primary partner part time. Only part time because…well, being the loner that I am, I can’t give up my space.
He’s fine with that. He knows my independence means a lot to me. I need to be able to go back to my house whenever I choose, and he’s understanding of it.
It’s weird to be in another home for so long though. I’m welcomed here. I have my own office, closet space, bathroom space. It’s just an adjustment. I will be fine. It’s just new and is taking some getting used to.
I’ve been working like crazy. Not the level of productiveness that I’m aiming for but definitely better. I have three regular writing clients, two social media clients, and a rapid release series that I’m working on.
I’m planning to launch the first book/story of my MMF Menage/Second Chances series on June 1st, come hell or high water. I will be done writing it this week and hope to write at least four more stories this month so that I’ll be a little bit ahead of myself. After that, I should be good to release a story a week. 10,000 words (ish) each.
I’m counting on this rapid release thing to work. If I don’t it means I have to make some decisions. I will either have to go and get a job, or I will have to take on more freelance clients. I’m not terribly fond of either idea. I like writing what I want to write and not what I have to write. If I take on more freelance clients, I tend to burn out on writing and have less time to write for myself. If I get a job…I don’t know if that is much better.
The only job I’m even somewhat interested in doing is waitressing. It’s lower pressure for me than a “professional” job (which I could likely get because I have loads of experience and credentials) and it doesn’t require you to take work home at night (but then there’s the “did I bring table 12 their ranch?” dreams). But waitressing also works better with my brain because, although there are lots of things to remember, you only have to remember them for about 5 minutes and then you move on to a bunch of different things to remember. There’s no time to get bored.
I’ve been busy setting up the Patreon Members portion of this site. I am adding all my Medium stories and articles for $1 Fans. I thought about adding them for free but…my work is worth something. These stories are behind the Medium paywall and Members can access them all. Non-members can access 3 free a month or 5 free a month if they have an account at Medium. The main reason to become a Fan of mine is mainly to show support.
The $5 SuperFans get access to what I’m writing as I write it. Keeping Kaili is the current story I’m working on. When it goes live on Kindle Unlimited, it will be removed from here until I decide (if) to remove it from KU and go wide with it. SuperFans also get access to my stories that are not exclusive to KU. So far, there is one novella available. I’ve got two more that will become available in the future.
I haven’t decided if I am going to do exclusive stories for SuperFans or not yet. I haven’t got any at the moment but if I get some supporters I might consider it.
Anyway, enough rambling? I think so. If I want to get paid, I’d better do some work!