Monday, May 3, 2010

Freelance - and other - update

I haven't written on this blog in a while because I guess I feel sort of disloyal. I began to think that maybe freelancing wasn't my gig. I have been focusing much more on a larger project that I have felt really personal and private about. So, I haven't even wanted to share that writing here.

This came about as the result of watching a documentary that featured an aspect of my life that is deeply sorrowful to me. Since that moment, almost all of my writing time has been devoted to this project (and not to freelancing). At this time, I really want only to say that it is a memoir about the death of my mother.

I also have thought and re-thought freelancing. I still want to do it. I just also have incurred some more debt - or rather realized I have more debt than I thought. So, it seems that I should keep my day job for now, so to speak, and look at freelancing more gradually.

Since I'm a teacher, I am thinking that this summer will be a great opportunity for both projects (freelancing and memoir-writing).