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Treading Water
Boston, 2006: I step down from a full-time editing job seconds before I’m sure to get a pink slip. I convince myself I’m ready to create my own work. And I do. I edit. I teach. I write. I even babysit. Ten years fly by in a blur – during which I accumulate exactly two things: telling experiences and untold debt. I try LA, then Boston, and then LA again. All complete busts. The unsteady diet of tutoring and teaching…
5 Options If You’ve Been Looking for a Job and Can’t Find One
1) Hire a Career Coach Not just any career coach, hire a career coach who has helped people like yourself return to earning a living in the recent past. Look for someone with a website that talks about your particular issues, such as: no experience, over 50, physical or emotional limitations, ‘overqualified’, etc. Ask them to tell you about some of their recent successes. You should feel confident or at least very hopeful that this particular career coach can help…
An Unfunny Thing Happened on the Way to Making This Audiobook
After Steve and I struck our bargain, I was sure creating the audiobook was going to be a lot of fun and that Steve and I, both enthusiastic and motivated, would complete it in a couple months. We decided to have me read my own portion instead of hiring someone else to ‘play me’. It would be less expensive and I would have complete control over how my own story of cancelled job offers sounded. Steve emailed me information on…
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Making This Audiobook
I received the following request to guest post on May 18, 2019 Hi There, I’m a single dad, 48 years old, and I’ve worked in the TV industry in broadcast operations for the bulk of my career. For nearly a decade, it was my privilege to work for American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) in Riverside, CA. In fact, I was so lucky to have worked there that I really didn’t “feel” the economic downturn and subsequent recession of…
A Good Thing Happened on the Way to Making the Audiobook
When we finally had all the microphone quirks worked out, I began AGAIN recording the audio for Out-of-Work to Making Money. The repeated readings had improved my performance substantially. Some chapters were better than others. I think the Joan Rivers one may be my best. Not sure why, I just got more caught up in the story. There were some benefits to my reading and rereading and rereading the book. I realized that the questions in the Q & A…