Well a whole lots been going on offline that's been keeping me very involved. Not all of it is stuff I want to do, but it's stuff that I have to do. Big difference. Needless to say there were some disappointments and obstacles that came up as they tend to do along this journey.
Most disheartening was that my opportunity to make some good money on a great project didn't develop as I'd hoped. The client didn't have the budget to pay me and decided to shelf the whole project for another time.
Not the first time that's happened, but when another client did about the same thing not a week later, it was becoming clear that the business was in big trouble. Clients with no funds means no business and lots of wasted time. So I've been looking for other ways to earn some money since my business is closed down.
I've returned to something that has been a special passion for me since I was a young child. I've been doing some writing for expression, blogging and commenting online for a while also. I'd stopped writing some years ago and only just recently started up again as I missed it quite a bit. Writing's always been a very big part of who I am and when I stopped to pursue my online business it was like a piece of me was missing.
So I started to write again, posting some of my work up on a few writing sites. But now, I'm looking to give it another shot and see about getting published again. If I can freelance for now it will give me a bit more freedom.
I was last published over thirty years ago and I think maybe it's time to give it another chance before I take all my stories with me. My kids have told me time and time again that they don't want that to happen, so I've been busy doing quite a lot of writing the last few months. I just have to figure out what to do with it all so it can generate some income.
Now to be completely honest I've also been playing some MMORPGs - but then there's two main reasons that I play these sort of games. One is that I enjoy them and they give me some stress relief. Some people work out, others listen to music or watch a favorite show or movie - I play a game of some kind, either online or on my computer. But the main focus is usually kicking something's butt - since I shouldn't be taking out violence on the people that drive me crazy.
For example the mortgage company people that raised my mortgage almost a hundred dollars, AFTER I put the paperwork in for a modification to LOWER my payment due to the hardships I'm having financially - along with so many others out there in this economy. I was hoping that they'd at least drop the 10.84% I have to something more reasonable.
Or the electric guy that reads my meter, who I'm guessing is a new guy, because I get a letter that he can't read my meter and was just estimating my bill due to the fact I have a "bad dog" in the yard that is in the way. This is annoying since he estimated the bill a tad high and the fact that the dog is chained inside the yard and she can't even reach the area he needs to go to. The only thing she has a habit of doing besides barking is trying to grab legs with her front paws. The fact that she's been there for the last 9 months and no one else has had any problem, leads me to believe this is a new non dog liking meter person. Needless to say she is now been moved to the other side of the yard where she can get more shade and not be bothered by this meter reader.
The other reason may seem a bit strange, but I get inspired and often develop characters inside these RPG style games. After playing on popular MMO I had a scene come to me as things like this often do, which I was quite excited by due to the conflict and the crossing of the proverbial "line" that some groups have when it comes to behavior and such.
So with a little prodding by my son, I wrote a fan fiction short. Something I'd never really done before. I mean, this was very different from my memoir shorts and went to a fictional place that I'd only experienced through the game environment. Surprisingly it turned out very nicely and encouraged I posted it up online. Since then I've had requests for more with the characters I used for that story.
I love writing, creating and taking the ride through my imagination to unbelievable worlds that I wish sometimes really existed so I could go explore them better. It would be really great if I could get published again, but more than that I'd just love the chance to share my stories. If anyone would like to see some of the things I've already posted, the link to Writer's Cafe is on the home page. But I've also started posting on fanfiction.net - which would still be under Starrweaver.
If anyone wants me to start including some of my writing on here I could be persuaded to do so if enough asked me. Otherwise my kids will pester me until I do it anyway. lol
Currently I'm having some troubles with paying the utilities since I've had to put out so much more on the mortgage. I'm hoping that I can get some work or even sell a few things, though I'm running out of stuff. If I'm not on for some time it may be because I've been unable to cover paying for everything. I may have to go to the library or see if I can borrow a laptop and leech a wireless connection over at the McDonald's or the diner down the road.
Till next time, stay safe and stay true to yourself,
Carpe Diem!
Most disheartening was that my opportunity to make some good money on a great project didn't develop as I'd hoped. The client didn't have the budget to pay me and decided to shelf the whole project for another time.
Not the first time that's happened, but when another client did about the same thing not a week later, it was becoming clear that the business was in big trouble. Clients with no funds means no business and lots of wasted time. So I've been looking for other ways to earn some money since my business is closed down.
I've returned to something that has been a special passion for me since I was a young child. I've been doing some writing for expression, blogging and commenting online for a while also. I'd stopped writing some years ago and only just recently started up again as I missed it quite a bit. Writing's always been a very big part of who I am and when I stopped to pursue my online business it was like a piece of me was missing.
So I started to write again, posting some of my work up on a few writing sites. But now, I'm looking to give it another shot and see about getting published again. If I can freelance for now it will give me a bit more freedom.
I was last published over thirty years ago and I think maybe it's time to give it another chance before I take all my stories with me. My kids have told me time and time again that they don't want that to happen, so I've been busy doing quite a lot of writing the last few months. I just have to figure out what to do with it all so it can generate some income.
Now to be completely honest I've also been playing some MMORPGs - but then there's two main reasons that I play these sort of games. One is that I enjoy them and they give me some stress relief. Some people work out, others listen to music or watch a favorite show or movie - I play a game of some kind, either online or on my computer. But the main focus is usually kicking something's butt - since I shouldn't be taking out violence on the people that drive me crazy.
For example the mortgage company people that raised my mortgage almost a hundred dollars, AFTER I put the paperwork in for a modification to LOWER my payment due to the hardships I'm having financially - along with so many others out there in this economy. I was hoping that they'd at least drop the 10.84% I have to something more reasonable.
Or the electric guy that reads my meter, who I'm guessing is a new guy, because I get a letter that he can't read my meter and was just estimating my bill due to the fact I have a "bad dog" in the yard that is in the way. This is annoying since he estimated the bill a tad high and the fact that the dog is chained inside the yard and she can't even reach the area he needs to go to. The only thing she has a habit of doing besides barking is trying to grab legs with her front paws. The fact that she's been there for the last 9 months and no one else has had any problem, leads me to believe this is a new non dog liking meter person. Needless to say she is now been moved to the other side of the yard where she can get more shade and not be bothered by this meter reader.
The other reason may seem a bit strange, but I get inspired and often develop characters inside these RPG style games. After playing on popular MMO I had a scene come to me as things like this often do, which I was quite excited by due to the conflict and the crossing of the proverbial "line" that some groups have when it comes to behavior and such.
So with a little prodding by my son, I wrote a fan fiction short. Something I'd never really done before. I mean, this was very different from my memoir shorts and went to a fictional place that I'd only experienced through the game environment. Surprisingly it turned out very nicely and encouraged I posted it up online. Since then I've had requests for more with the characters I used for that story.
I love writing, creating and taking the ride through my imagination to unbelievable worlds that I wish sometimes really existed so I could go explore them better. It would be really great if I could get published again, but more than that I'd just love the chance to share my stories. If anyone would like to see some of the things I've already posted, the link to Writer's Cafe is on the home page. But I've also started posting on fanfiction.net - which would still be under Starrweaver.
If anyone wants me to start including some of my writing on here I could be persuaded to do so if enough asked me. Otherwise my kids will pester me until I do it anyway. lol
Currently I'm having some troubles with paying the utilities since I've had to put out so much more on the mortgage. I'm hoping that I can get some work or even sell a few things, though I'm running out of stuff. If I'm not on for some time it may be because I've been unable to cover paying for everything. I may have to go to the library or see if I can borrow a laptop and leech a wireless connection over at the McDonald's or the diner down the road.
Till next time, stay safe and stay true to yourself,
Carpe Diem!
