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January 09 Back for 2009!First off, Happy New Year, and I hope you all had a great Christmas. We had a very relaxing one - two whole weeks, for the first time ever! - which has left us ready to get our teeth into the New Year. And now things are back to something resembling normality, I am planning to get back to updating my blog much more regularly. We are still pinching ourselves as far as eBay is concerned - that was one busy Christmas, especially seeing as this credit crunch is supposed to be affecting everyone. But now there is a fresh new year to think about, and I have some writing goals I would like to make happen. The main one is to develop my client base a little more. Isn't that every writer's resolution for a new year? Maybe it is, but it is there for a good reason. I've been freelancing for a whole year now (it's actually one year today), so I know how the whole thing works and I've had a year to really settle myself in. I've found that it is VERY easy to work all the hours that are available to you, and I was certainly guilty of depriving myself of some social time last year. So this year my partner and I have decided to give ourselves every Sunday off, plus Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at the least. This week we have had almost every evening off, so it depends on workload and more usually how quick I am to get my work done! But I am finding that because I am having more time off, my writing speed is WAY faster. So I am completing pretty much the same workload per day in less time! How cool is that? My brain definitely needs some downtime and it obviously pays to actually give it some. So I will let you know how that little experiment goes, as I was getting rather stressed with all the constant work I was doing. Doing the same in less time seems to be doing well! But back to developing my client base. Keeping in touch with old clients is definitely a good thing from time to time, since you might just squeeze an extra job or two out of it. But developing new clients and websites that you can work for is also well worth it. I remember deciding to spend an evening browsing the freelance job sites and classified ads for writers a couple of years back, and I got my best ever paying job from that little exercise. And I still work for them now, so it definitely paid dividends. Anyhow, I think that is enough waffling for now! It is 7.50pm here, and I've got to get my work organised for tomorrow, so I don't waste time in the morning. Aren't I being efficient! Speak again soon - and let me know how your own writing goals are shaping up for 2009! |
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