IS FREELANCE WRITING ILLEGAL IN SOME RV PARKS?
One of the most common rules in RV Parks is that no business activity is allowed. That could technically include writers, investors, artists, web designers, business consultants, or any other activity that makes money. If taken literally, this particular rule could exclude a lot of people from staying in most RV parks across the country.
So what do you do if you are a writer or consultant who uses your computer to earn a living while you travell?
After much discussion with various park owners I've discovered that these rules were made to prevent any activity that would be obvious to other guests. They don't want businesses that would:
1) Create or increase traffic.
This would include retail businesses operated from an RV or someone providing a service that requires customers to come into the RV Park. Writing and consulting don't normally cause such problems.
2) Cause a risk to the owners' reputation.
Anything illegal could risk the reputation of owners, but if a guest is not doing anything illegal, immoral, or creating excessive noise or pollution, RVers should have no problem. Obviously, operating an illegal Website could become a problem if it attracted the attention of authorities.
3) Cause a nuisance to other guests or create a hazard or risk for the park:
Obviously, making money as a mechanic who works on cars or RVs, giving haircuts and shampoos, or grooming animals, or any number of other activities could be a nuisance to other guests if they increase traffic or take place outside the RV. And some of these activities could run afoul of local officials if proper permits weren't obtained. However, businesses that use computers inside the RV, or where the guest leaves the Park to call on clients should in no way compromise the owners.
4) Use excessive utilities.
First of all, if you are on extended stay and paying for electricity along with your site rent, using your computer extensively should not be a problem. And those using their computers for business may not actually spend as many hours on them as non-working guests emailing their friends and surfing the Internet. Overnighters use the park's electricity, but since those visitors aren't on site for a long period it's doubtful that much extra electricty would be used.
So if you are a working writer or consultant you should have no fear of breaking this particular rule, or of angering management because of your business activities. If you obey the other rules and don't call attention to your business, you should not have to defend your activities.
Some places we stay know that I'm a writer while others don't. Writing has no more impact on the RV Park than guests using their computers for emails and to surf the Internet, so there is little to be concerned about. The only reason I could think that management might kick someone out of a park for violating that rule would be that they use it as an excuse to get rid of someone they want to exclude for some other reason, which could be anything from discrimination based on race and nationality, or simply not liking the condition of their RV.
So do freelance writers need to fear being refused a site in an RV Park? The answer is no as long as you don't call unnecessary attention to yourself or your rig. Write to your heart's content and enjoy a thousand different views outside your window as you roam the continent. We RVing writers are a very lucky group of individuals.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO VISIT SPOKANE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO AVOID THIS RV PARK
Writers who are also RVers should expect to stay in RV parks that offer large enough sites for minimal quiet and an uninterrupted source of electricity so that you can work in your RV. It's a rare event when I complain about an RV park, but we have just had one of the worst experiences in our sixteen years of RVing. Most RV parks at the minimum, provide an adequate campsite, and if a problem comes up that will inconvenience the RVer, the park owners will either offer to move the RVer or refund their money.
We've just discovered one where management doesn't give a flip whether your site is adequate or not once they have your money (non-refundable), so I decided I should start rating some RV parks that we stay in if they are really bad or really good. The average ones don't need to be mentioned here.
One of the worst we've found is Trailer Inns located in Spokane, Washington. It's the only one within the metropolitan area so that's why we chose it, but in the future we will drive over to Idaho (15 miles away) to stay when we want to visit relatives in Spokane Valley. This one was 7 miles from our relatives. On a scale of 1 to 5, Trailer Inns in Spokane rates a big fat goose egg! The only upside is that it is convenient to the city of Spokane if you ever need to go there, but we've never found a good reason to go downtown.
Next time I'll write about some of the parks that offer much more than expected. Outstanding facilities and service deserve mention as surely as the miserable places do and we've stayed in some beautiful spots.
Trailer Inns rating: 0
Writers who are also RVers should expect to stay in RV parks that offer large enough sites for minimal quiet and an uninterrupted source of electricity so that you can work in your RV. It's a rare event when I complain about an RV park, but we have just had one of the worst experiences in our sixteen years of RVing. Most RV parks at the minimum, provide an adequate campsite, and if a problem comes up that will inconvenience the RVer, the park owners will either offer to move the RVer or refund their money.
We've just discovered one where management doesn't give a flip whether your site is adequate or not once they have your money (non-refundable), so I decided I should start rating some RV parks that we stay in if they are really bad or really good. The average ones don't need to be mentioned here.
One of the worst we've found is Trailer Inns located in Spokane, Washington. It's the only one within the metropolitan area so that's why we chose it, but in the future we will drive over to Idaho (15 miles away) to stay when we want to visit relatives in Spokane Valley. This one was 7 miles from our relatives. On a scale of 1 to 5, Trailer Inns in Spokane rates a big fat goose egg! The only upside is that it is convenient to the city of Spokane if you ever need to go there, but we've never found a good reason to go downtown.
Next time I'll write about some of the parks that offer much more than expected. Outstanding facilities and service deserve mention as surely as the miserable places do and we've stayed in some beautiful spots.
Trailer Inns rating: 0
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Another Money-making Writing Project
Some of the writing projects in my book, Portable Writing, require that writers sell advertising to finance their project, but let’s face it, we all have to sell ourselves throughout our lives. Change jobs—sell your skills to a new boss. Try to get someone to see your point of view on a topic—sell your idea. So selling ads isn’t any harder than selling your point of view except that you might have to approach a stranger? And you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how happy a lot of business people are to support a local entrepreneur/writer.
One of the easiest projects I’ve done is a little trivia newsletter that you can write, sell advertisements for, then distribute to local restaurants or other places of businesses where people spend time sitting and waiting for service. I know you’ve probably seen these small flyers in restaurants—most often in local family-style eateries.
To get started, think of some interesting trivia and history about your local area. People traveling through as well as locals will love reading about the history of the area as well as about colorful characters from the past, jokes and short, funny stories. Don’t make the articles long. Funny stories and jokes (non-copyrighted) can be used as fillers. Your written material need not fill more than about 30 percent of the total space, and can even be as small as 20 percent. By dividing your pages into columns, then planning which space will be used as ads and which for editorial space, you can come up with the total number of ads you will need to sell.
Layout a small newsletter (2 pages of 8-1/2 x 13” folded in half will work). This size will be small enough that it won’t take up too much space on a dining table. Be sure to leave space for ads—business card size ads will probably sell best. Once you have a dummy made up with your ad spaces shown as blank rectangles, then approach some local restaurants about distributing them. Find out approximately how many copies each eatery will need, add them up, and that will be your total printing number. The higher your distribution number, the more advertisers you can attract.
Once you have your distribution number, get prices on printing the newsletter. Remember, your newsletter doesn’t have to look special and it doesn’t have to use color or photos. Plain black ink on white or colored paper will work fine. Once you’ve figured out how much printing and distribution will cost, you’re ready to come up with ad costs and start selling ads.
Count the number of ads you’ve left space for, then divide them into the total printing and distribution costs. Add your profit before coming up with total costs per advertiser, then start marketing the ads. You might plan prices for a couple of half-page or quarter-page ads in case a business wants to buy that size—which may mean that you have to juggle some space when you layout the final project. Some business owners want large ads.
You’ll want to plan for replacement costs if restaurants run out before your next issue. Plan quarterly, twice-yearly or yearly issues, although the more often you print up new ones and sell ads, the more timely your product will be. Readers can get put off if they see an ad for a local business, then find out it has gone out of business.
This is a project that you control from the beginning. It’s your original work which is supported by ads you sell, and you have final say about how it looks. It’s a win-win-win situation for the advertisers, for consumers who welcome reading the newsletters, and for you, the writer.
Some of the writing projects in my book, Portable Writing, require that writers sell advertising to finance their project, but let’s face it, we all have to sell ourselves throughout our lives. Change jobs—sell your skills to a new boss. Try to get someone to see your point of view on a topic—sell your idea. So selling ads isn’t any harder than selling your point of view except that you might have to approach a stranger? And you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how happy a lot of business people are to support a local entrepreneur/writer.
One of the easiest projects I’ve done is a little trivia newsletter that you can write, sell advertisements for, then distribute to local restaurants or other places of businesses where people spend time sitting and waiting for service. I know you’ve probably seen these small flyers in restaurants—most often in local family-style eateries.
To get started, think of some interesting trivia and history about your local area. People traveling through as well as locals will love reading about the history of the area as well as about colorful characters from the past, jokes and short, funny stories. Don’t make the articles long. Funny stories and jokes (non-copyrighted) can be used as fillers. Your written material need not fill more than about 30 percent of the total space, and can even be as small as 20 percent. By dividing your pages into columns, then planning which space will be used as ads and which for editorial space, you can come up with the total number of ads you will need to sell.
Layout a small newsletter (2 pages of 8-1/2 x 13” folded in half will work). This size will be small enough that it won’t take up too much space on a dining table. Be sure to leave space for ads—business card size ads will probably sell best. Once you have a dummy made up with your ad spaces shown as blank rectangles, then approach some local restaurants about distributing them. Find out approximately how many copies each eatery will need, add them up, and that will be your total printing number. The higher your distribution number, the more advertisers you can attract.
Once you have your distribution number, get prices on printing the newsletter. Remember, your newsletter doesn’t have to look special and it doesn’t have to use color or photos. Plain black ink on white or colored paper will work fine. Once you’ve figured out how much printing and distribution will cost, you’re ready to come up with ad costs and start selling ads.
Count the number of ads you’ve left space for, then divide them into the total printing and distribution costs. Add your profit before coming up with total costs per advertiser, then start marketing the ads. You might plan prices for a couple of half-page or quarter-page ads in case a business wants to buy that size—which may mean that you have to juggle some space when you layout the final project. Some business owners want large ads.
You’ll want to plan for replacement costs if restaurants run out before your next issue. Plan quarterly, twice-yearly or yearly issues, although the more often you print up new ones and sell ads, the more timely your product will be. Readers can get put off if they see an ad for a local business, then find out it has gone out of business.
This is a project that you control from the beginning. It’s your original work which is supported by ads you sell, and you have final say about how it looks. It’s a win-win-win situation for the advertisers, for consumers who welcome reading the newsletters, and for you, the writer.
Another “Top Gear” RVing catastrophe
The BBC-America show, Top Gear recently featured a “caravaning” (RVing) trip in a light-weight trailer pulled by an undersized vehicle. For hilarity, the three hosts on this television show can’t be topped.
This time, Jeremy, James and Richard, along with their Top Gear dog pulled the trailer to a caravan park (similar to our American RV parks) in the English countryside. James managed to back the trailer over a tent in the next site, and then he and Jeremy tried to straighten the supports up since the owners weren’t around. Next morning Jeremy set their trailer on fire while cooking breakfast, burning it, plus the tent next door that they had previously knocked down, to a crisp. Watch their latest catastrophe at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GZRmzuiig8&feature=related.
If you haven’t caught this show on TV, you really should check out the fun provided by the hosts’ unending automotive-related competitions and misadventures.
Meanwhile, our next misadventure may be getting kicked out of an RV park late one night for laughing too loud and keeping the neighbors awake while watching the riotous antics on Top Gear. The show appears on Monday nights on DirecTV, but may be on at a different time on Dish TV or your cable company. And you can still watch the hilarious motorhome race that took place on the show by clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gourYCpaJLU&eurl=http://rvvideos.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html.
The BBC-America show, Top Gear recently featured a “caravaning” (RVing) trip in a light-weight trailer pulled by an undersized vehicle. For hilarity, the three hosts on this television show can’t be topped.
This time, Jeremy, James and Richard, along with their Top Gear dog pulled the trailer to a caravan park (similar to our American RV parks) in the English countryside. James managed to back the trailer over a tent in the next site, and then he and Jeremy tried to straighten the supports up since the owners weren’t around. Next morning Jeremy set their trailer on fire while cooking breakfast, burning it, plus the tent next door that they had previously knocked down, to a crisp. Watch their latest catastrophe at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GZRmzuiig8&feature=related.
If you haven’t caught this show on TV, you really should check out the fun provided by the hosts’ unending automotive-related competitions and misadventures.
Meanwhile, our next misadventure may be getting kicked out of an RV park late one night for laughing too loud and keeping the neighbors awake while watching the riotous antics on Top Gear. The show appears on Monday nights on DirecTV, but may be on at a different time on Dish TV or your cable company. And you can still watch the hilarious motorhome race that took place on the show by clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gourYCpaJLU&eurl=http://rvvideos.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html.
Another RVing Misadventure!
Our next stupid RV trick happened when we were in West Virginia and hubby needed a part for our brand new, larger RV. Everything in town was on a hillside, so his only choice was to turn into a downhill or uphill lot. So he found an auto parts store with a large parking lot on the downhill side of the road. There was another drive where he could exit back out onto the road, so no problem. Ha!
We were towing the car, so when he finished shopping and started out the drive to the road, the hitch became embedded into the blacktop and wouldn’t budge. It looked as though we were permanently, deeply rooted in the exit drive. We managed to get the car unhitched and I moved it away from the RV, then called the emergency road service once again! They finally arrived and hoisted up the back end of the motorhome to free it from the blacktop and get it moving. Somehow we once again got back on the road with everything but our dignity intact.
Then there was the time in Kentucky when we wanted to visit a park just outside a small town. We made it to the park and had an enjoyable lunch in a quiet, peaceful setting beside a bubbling creek, then when we left, hubby decided to save some miles by going through the nearby town and joining back up with the freeway. The town was a nice little place and we made it fine until we were almost back to the freeway. Looming ahead was one of those bridges with a metal sub-structure, and no clue about how high the clearance was. We knew our new motorhome with the air conditioner and other vents was tall, so we stopped and pondered what to do.
Then we thought of the 25-foot metal tape measure we had with us, and hubby climbed out to go measure the clearance, leaving the motorhome parked by the road. Only thing, the wind was howling and he couldn’t get the tape measure to stay put while he inched it up the skeleton of the bridge. Finally, we decided I would have to block traffic while he attempted to turn the motorhome around and head back through town. Did I mention that we had just topped a hill and were headed downhill when we spotted the bridge ahead?
Well, I managed to stop what little traffic was traveling the road, and somehow he got 34 feet of motorhome with a car in tow turned around on a two-lane highway. Yet another misadventure under out belts.
I will have to say that we learned from those first few mistakes. Traveling has been a lot more pleasant (and safer) since 1995. Oops, I forgot about the metal pipe sticking up out of the asphalt in a parking lot that hubby managed to not see and sideswipe, scraping up all of the storage compartment doors on one side. Or the time he was directing me back to get propane but forgot to notice the overhang that I couldn’t see in the rearview side mirrors before I bumped it, bending our ladder.
Looking back, I believe we’ve had more misadventures that most RVers, but seriously, none that we can’t look back on and laugh about today. Okay, so we’ve developed a perverse sense of humor. And amazingly, we’re still together.
Our next stupid RV trick happened when we were in West Virginia and hubby needed a part for our brand new, larger RV. Everything in town was on a hillside, so his only choice was to turn into a downhill or uphill lot. So he found an auto parts store with a large parking lot on the downhill side of the road. There was another drive where he could exit back out onto the road, so no problem. Ha!
We were towing the car, so when he finished shopping and started out the drive to the road, the hitch became embedded into the blacktop and wouldn’t budge. It looked as though we were permanently, deeply rooted in the exit drive. We managed to get the car unhitched and I moved it away from the RV, then called the emergency road service once again! They finally arrived and hoisted up the back end of the motorhome to free it from the blacktop and get it moving. Somehow we once again got back on the road with everything but our dignity intact.
Then there was the time in Kentucky when we wanted to visit a park just outside a small town. We made it to the park and had an enjoyable lunch in a quiet, peaceful setting beside a bubbling creek, then when we left, hubby decided to save some miles by going through the nearby town and joining back up with the freeway. The town was a nice little place and we made it fine until we were almost back to the freeway. Looming ahead was one of those bridges with a metal sub-structure, and no clue about how high the clearance was. We knew our new motorhome with the air conditioner and other vents was tall, so we stopped and pondered what to do.
Then we thought of the 25-foot metal tape measure we had with us, and hubby climbed out to go measure the clearance, leaving the motorhome parked by the road. Only thing, the wind was howling and he couldn’t get the tape measure to stay put while he inched it up the skeleton of the bridge. Finally, we decided I would have to block traffic while he attempted to turn the motorhome around and head back through town. Did I mention that we had just topped a hill and were headed downhill when we spotted the bridge ahead?
Well, I managed to stop what little traffic was traveling the road, and somehow he got 34 feet of motorhome with a car in tow turned around on a two-lane highway. Yet another misadventure under out belts.
I will have to say that we learned from those first few mistakes. Traveling has been a lot more pleasant (and safer) since 1995. Oops, I forgot about the metal pipe sticking up out of the asphalt in a parking lot that hubby managed to not see and sideswipe, scraping up all of the storage compartment doors on one side. Or the time he was directing me back to get propane but forgot to notice the overhang that I couldn’t see in the rearview side mirrors before I bumped it, bending our ladder.
Looking back, I believe we’ve had more misadventures that most RVers, but seriously, none that we can’t look back on and laugh about today. Okay, so we’ve developed a perverse sense of humor. And amazingly, we’re still together.
I am sending part of an article by Angela Hoy, below, so that readers who plan to self-publish or use a Print on Demand Publisher can be aware of Amazon.com’s demand that all POD books that it sells be printed by BookSurge, which is owned by Amazon. This appears as though it might violate anti-trust laws and could lead to Amazon not selling any books from any publisher that doesn’t use their printer, and could drive up book prices. So it is important to readers, self-publishers, and POD publishers alike.
BookLocker Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Amazon.com
By Angela Hoy
This article appeared in Monday's Special Edition of WritersWeekly.com. You may reprint this article or quote from it at your discretion. You can read/post comments here: http://antitrust.booklocker.com
BookLocker.com has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon.com in response to Amazon's recent attempts to force all publishers using Print on Demand (POD) technology to pay Amazon to print their books.
STRONG DISSENT FROM INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES
The Author's Guild, the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), The Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN), YouWriteOn.com (the U.K.'s leading writer's website) and the National Writer's Union have all issued strong statements denouncing Amazon's attempted power grab of the industry.
We cannot say for certain if what Amazon is doing is legal or not at this point; that is for the Federal courts to decide. However, in our opinion, the seemingly covert manner in which Amazon has conducted itself in this matter seems to make their actions highly suspicious.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Amazon has already taken control of publishers' ebook sales on the Amazon.com website by requiring ebooks be available for their ebook reader, the Kindle. Now, Amazon is attempting to take control of the printing of all POD books. We wonder if traditionally published books are next. Some are speculating that Amazon won't stop until they are being paid to print every book they sell.
ARE YOU AFFECTED?
According to Amazon's public statement, ALL POD books will be affected. If you are a POD publisher (this includes self-published authors who publish their own POD books through a printer), and would like more information, please contact:
Angela Hoy, Publisher
BookLocker.com
angela - at - booklocker.com
BookLocker Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Amazon.com
By Angela Hoy
This article appeared in Monday's Special Edition of WritersWeekly.com. You may reprint this article or quote from it at your discretion. You can read/post comments here: http://antitrust.booklocker.com
BookLocker.com has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon.com in response to Amazon's recent attempts to force all publishers using Print on Demand (POD) technology to pay Amazon to print their books.
STRONG DISSENT FROM INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES
The Author's Guild, the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), The Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN), YouWriteOn.com (the U.K.'s leading writer's website) and the National Writer's Union have all issued strong statements denouncing Amazon's attempted power grab of the industry.
We cannot say for certain if what Amazon is doing is legal or not at this point; that is for the Federal courts to decide. However, in our opinion, the seemingly covert manner in which Amazon has conducted itself in this matter seems to make their actions highly suspicious.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Amazon has already taken control of publishers' ebook sales on the Amazon.com website by requiring ebooks be available for their ebook reader, the Kindle. Now, Amazon is attempting to take control of the printing of all POD books. We wonder if traditionally published books are next. Some are speculating that Amazon won't stop until they are being paid to print every book they sell.
ARE YOU AFFECTED?
According to Amazon's public statement, ALL POD books will be affected. If you are a POD publisher (this includes self-published authors who publish their own POD books through a printer), and would like more information, please contact:
Angela Hoy, Publisher
BookLocker.com
angela - at - booklocker.com
Scary to Make the Leap to Writing, But Oh So Rewarding
Sometimes, all one needs to make a leap of faith is a little nudge. I hope reading this post will give you the push you need to get started. I want to talk this time about how writing can be the salvation of those who move often because of job transfers, and for those who want to travel and see the country, or the world. And for that matter, retirees looking for fulfilling, money-making hobby.
My husband was in the military when we married, so for years I was shuffled from place to place, and each time we moved I had to find a new job. I even went back to school and studied interior design, which in addition to writing, had been my dream since childhood. I acquired a skill that was fairly portable. Stressful but portable. And every time we moved somewhere new, it meant starting all over again.
So what could I have done differently, had I been more aware of the opportunities available? I would have started my writing career much earlier than I did! I worked as a secretary for several years, and each place I worked, I was given additional duties after my bosses discovered I had writing skills—jobs such as composing letters and creating newsletters. So in effect, I gave my services away.
Still, I can’t complain because I learned a lot during those years—like how to manage a business, provide excellent customer service, work with difficult people, and the types of communication materials needed by for-profit and non-profit entities. I did clerical work in a department store, a University Medical Center and School, County and State offices, and a huge church, plus I gained valuable knowledge about the operations of retail businesses where I worked as a designer, which gave me diverse experiences to carry forward. None of the jobs would have indicated to anyone else that I had what it took to succeed as a freelance writer, but in my heart, I knew I could do it. And that’s all it takes, really.
They say success happens when opportunity meets preparation (or something to that effect), so when I finally made the decision to become a full-time, committed freelance writer, I was ready. And maybe that’s the way it was meant to be. Maybe I needed maturity as well as life experience. You probably have those things already.
Now I can travel wherever I wish and write wherever I happen to be. This isn’t a fairytale life, but it is the life I’ve chosen for myself, and it is good. I am living my dream!
For those of you still toiling away working for someone else or dreaming of writing for a living, I urge you learn from the projects featured in Portable Writing, some of which are outlined in this newsletter, and then apply your new-found knowledge to starting your own writing career.
I know that it is scary to take a leap of faith into the unknown, but the longer you wait, the more time you lose. You can do what I have done, and probably much, much better. Don’t let time pass by until someday, all you may be left with is regret that you never even tried.
Sometimes, all one needs to make a leap of faith is a little nudge. I hope reading this post will give you the push you need to get started. I want to talk this time about how writing can be the salvation of those who move often because of job transfers, and for those who want to travel and see the country, or the world. And for that matter, retirees looking for fulfilling, money-making hobby.
My husband was in the military when we married, so for years I was shuffled from place to place, and each time we moved I had to find a new job. I even went back to school and studied interior design, which in addition to writing, had been my dream since childhood. I acquired a skill that was fairly portable. Stressful but portable. And every time we moved somewhere new, it meant starting all over again.
So what could I have done differently, had I been more aware of the opportunities available? I would have started my writing career much earlier than I did! I worked as a secretary for several years, and each place I worked, I was given additional duties after my bosses discovered I had writing skills—jobs such as composing letters and creating newsletters. So in effect, I gave my services away.
Still, I can’t complain because I learned a lot during those years—like how to manage a business, provide excellent customer service, work with difficult people, and the types of communication materials needed by for-profit and non-profit entities. I did clerical work in a department store, a University Medical Center and School, County and State offices, and a huge church, plus I gained valuable knowledge about the operations of retail businesses where I worked as a designer, which gave me diverse experiences to carry forward. None of the jobs would have indicated to anyone else that I had what it took to succeed as a freelance writer, but in my heart, I knew I could do it. And that’s all it takes, really.
They say success happens when opportunity meets preparation (or something to that effect), so when I finally made the decision to become a full-time, committed freelance writer, I was ready. And maybe that’s the way it was meant to be. Maybe I needed maturity as well as life experience. You probably have those things already.
Now I can travel wherever I wish and write wherever I happen to be. This isn’t a fairytale life, but it is the life I’ve chosen for myself, and it is good. I am living my dream!
For those of you still toiling away working for someone else or dreaming of writing for a living, I urge you learn from the projects featured in Portable Writing, some of which are outlined in this newsletter, and then apply your new-found knowledge to starting your own writing career.
I know that it is scary to take a leap of faith into the unknown, but the longer you wait, the more time you lose. You can do what I have done, and probably much, much better. Don’t let time pass by until someday, all you may be left with is regret that you never even tried.
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