I have not been great about this.
I have several freelance clients, and one solid client that provides about 80% of my work, but that won't last past this year. So, it's off to the races to find more work, and also: growing the blog!
One of the ways I want to grow and develop my blog is to become a bigger part of the blogging community. There is a large conference this July in San Francisco (a place I've always wanted to see) that is being hosted by BlogHer, a collection of women bloggers, and I really think that this year (I believe it will be their third), I must go. I must! It will be a great way to learn how to take my blog to the next level, and maybe make some professional contacts as well (after all, writers are bloggers).
But this means several things; digging up the cash to go, first and foremost, and secondly--leaving my daughter for the first time. Yikes.
I'm going to try to make it happen. Meanwhile, I'm working the phone and scanning the Internet searching for freelance jobs that pay more than $7 an article, which, alas, the Internet is full of. Just for the record--if you are a writer just starting out in the field, DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING FOR $7. It's not worth it.
