Extreme Cute Japanese Bento Lunch Boxes[2]I have been so busy writing that I haven’t had much of a chance to update the blog recently, but I have been working on several interesting projects.

First, I undertook my first feature magazine article for Montel Williams’ Living Well magazine.  I think this went well but judge for yourself by reading the article here.  The subject of the article is on achieving happiness in your daily life.

Second, I have been hired to help a science writer tidy up his fiction novel.  This has been a very interesting process and it has given me insight into my own work.  It has also been motivating, and I have consequently gone back and started the editing process on The Long Winter.

Third, I have done a little more grantwork since I updated last, and received a wonderful compliment from my client the other day.  He said, “I REALLY appreciate your work.  You are always on time, do not require a lot of hand holding and the quality is great (research, writing and ability to adapt tone and style specific to the project).  Congrats!”  Isn’t that a great compliment?  I am going to put it on my reviews page.

Fourth, I have written a couple more articles for the local newspaper over the past few months.  Unfortunately, the paper only sporatically puts things online, so I’ll have to have the clippings scanned in to update them here.   In the process of writing an article on the recent Taos Archaeology Society conference I got the opportunity to meet some very interesting people, which is a great bonus.

Finally, I have been working in my more traditional job in the legal sector.  This has been a boon for writing (thousands of words a day on average), but it has posed a challenge to scheduling my freelance jobs.  My turnaround time has consequently suffered, in that it now takes me a week or two more than it did to get projects back to clients.  I think overall the jobby-job has been a good thing for my freelance business though, as it has forced me to more strictly schedule myself and has given me a broader range of writing experience to work with.

Write on… Kimberly

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