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    Bombs Away, Pussycat! A disheveled guide to my first two years freelancing
    Bombs Away, Pussycat! A disheveled guide to my first two years freelancing
    Bombs Away, Pussycat! A disheveled guide to my first two years freelancing
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    Bombs Away, Pussycat! A disheveled guide to my first two years freelancing

    By Mary Kitt-Neel

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    This is a brief guide, based solely on my own experiences, to what it’s like the first couple of years as a freelance writer. I don’t pretend that my life is in any way representative, but I wanted to share some of what has and hasn’t worked for me. I hope you’ll be entertained, and maybe pick up a bit of information that’s useful to you, whatever path you pursue in life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMary Kitt-Neel
    Release dateNov 7, 2010
    ISBN9781452343150
    Bombs Away, Pussycat! A disheveled guide to my first two years freelancing
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    Mary Kitt-Neel

    I am a full-time freelance writer, writing website content and blogs for my clients. I also enjoy writing fiction, both novels and short stories. In addition to being a writer, I spent over a decade as an engineer at an Air Force facility, and I have also worked as a newspaper journalist.

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      Bombs Away, Pussycat! A disheveled guide to my first two years freelancing - Mary Kitt-Neel

      Bombs Away, Pussycat!

      A disheveled guide to my first two years freelancing

      Mary Kitt-Neel

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2010 Mary Kitt-Neel

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      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by Mary Kitt-Neel. Thank you for your support!

      Cover Photograph © 2010 Maurice FitzGerald

      This is a brief guide, based solely on my own experiences, to what it’s like the first couple of years as a freelance writer. I don’t pretend that my life is in any way representative, but I wanted to share some of what has and hasn’t worked for me. I hope you’ll be entertained, and maybe pick up a bit of information that’s useful to you, whatever path you pursue in life.

      6 Things you have to do to be a Working Writer

      I've been more or less self-employed since 2004. There have been times when I've been completely broke - as in having used up even the spare change between the couch cushions - and other times I've done OK, and no, a graph of income versus time would not show a continuous upward path. Here is how I've survived as a self-employed person. I'm a writer, but this applies to however you want to be self-employed.

      1. Define success for you. The definition I've used as a writer is, if I can pay the bills with money I've made writing, I'm a successful writer.

      2. Don't think of your day job as a sign of failure. Life is freakin' expensive. My day job has evolved as my career has. At first, I worked for a newspaper and delivered papers on weekends while I blogged and wrote on the side. I picked up

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