by amelia brockman on August 1, 2011
It’s August 1st – a new month – and I want a new beginning. I began this blog just over a month ago as a place to think through my decision to go back to work, my need to support myself, and my desire to work from home. What I’ve ended up with here — [...]
by amelia brockman on June 20, 2011
It certainly takes an effort to get through all the information about this topic online and to separate out truth from sales pitches. I’ve spent many hours at it, but I’ve come to the conclusion that I do believe there is money to be made blogging, and I do believe there are already plenty of [...]
by amelia brockman on June 20, 2011
I think maybe it’s meant to be . . . writing for a living, that is. The kids and I were at garage sales this morning and I stumbled upon a treasure trove of books related to writing and working online. Wooohoooo! I was doing the happy dance all the way back to the van. [...]
by amelia brockman on June 19, 2011
Try Googling to find information about earning money writing . . . wow! What a challenge! There’s just too much information out there . . . and much of it . . . unfortunately, very suspect. It’s a Google obstacle course to be sure – trying to weed out the good information from the bad [...]
by amelia brockman on June 17, 2011
Writing is something I have always enjoyed and I think, although I’m not professional, that I’m pretty good at it. I’ve never written for profit. Actually . . . back in my computer tech support days I occasionally wrote up troubleshooting guides and documents for ISO standards, but that’s about it. I’m not sure that [...]
by amelia brockman on June 16, 2011
I’ve been home raising my children and homeschooling for 15 years. But things are changing. Divorce. I hate the word. You may never see me mention it again. [sigh] It’s certainly not where I want or need to focus my attention. I need to become self-supporting again. My last full-time traditional work-outside-the-home employment was before [...]