I did not make life easy for my parents. During my toddler years, they worried over my introversion. During my junior high/high school years, they worried over my fiery temper. During my college years, they worried throughout the course of an abusive relationship I couldn’t bring myself to leave, and then worried some more when [...]
Archive for July, 2009
July 31st, 2009
My Support System
Steph Auteri 
Posted in community, finances/income, motivation, networking 
Tags: family, support 
6 Comments » July 31st, 2009
Link Love: July 31
Hey there guys. I have a slew of new posts coming atcha next week but, for now, here’s this week’s link love:
Steph Auteri Posted in link love Tags: examiner.com, invoicing, link love, linkage, links, motivation No Comments » July 28th, 2009
Product Placement: The Lapsac
The other week, my husband bought me a laptop, which was just about the most exciting thing ever in the world. (He’s so good with gifts; last year, he got me a GPS for my car and, the year before that, my Nikon D40X.) It meant that I could be mobile…if only I had something [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in products Tags: accessories, bag, lapsac, laptop, laptop bag, purse No Comments » July 24th, 2009
Link Love: July 24
Can I get away with just saying TGIF? Seriously, guys, it’s been a week, and my Optimum Triple Play failure was not the half of it. I’m gonna go watch some DVRd So You Think You Can Dance while you read through the links below:
July 23rd, 2009
What To Do When You’re Disconnected
Yesterday, at around 4 p.m., the Internet went down. When connectivity hadn’t returned an hour later, I picked up the phone to call my parents and see if I could work over there, and discovered that the phone lines were down as well. When I returned home about an hour later, my husband pointed out that [...]
July 22nd, 2009
Motivational Trick: Fear (of Letting Others Down)
The other month, I joined Freelance Success, at the urging of just about every freelance writer I know. An amazing resource for professional, nonfiction writers, the forums alone made me glad I’d finally sucked it up and paid the subscription fee. Then Susan of The Urban Muse suggested I hop in on FLX’s Summer Query [...]
July 21st, 2009
Product Placement: The Tripod
I’ve raved about my Nikon D40X in the past. About how — even for non-photographers — having a good camera can be invaluable when it comes to blogging, marketing materials, and more. Now that I’ve unearthed my husband’s dust-covered tripod and used it to shoot some photos for an upcoming blog post over at Nerve, [...]
July 20th, 2009
Step Up or Stand Down?
I left publishing because I needed a creative outlet. I missed writing and, due to my full-time job — plus my long commute — I never seemed to have the energy at the end of the day to brainstorm and send out pitches, or even string together words coherently. But that’s not the only reason [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in correspondence Tags: clients, difficult clients, problem clients 7 Comments » July 18th, 2009
Link Love: July 18
What’s notable this week? Well, I gots myself a laptop (early birthday gift from my husband) and I also dove in to Freelance Success‘s Summer Query Challenge, which is acting as a great motivator for non-blog-related activities. Of course, all blog-related activities have suffered. Truce?
Steph Auteri Posted in link love Tags: blogging, content aggregators, freelancing, helium, link love, linkage, links, personal essays, writing No Comments » July 14th, 2009
Product Placement: Laptop Sets Me Free
I’ll admit it. I only wanted my husband to get his laptop fixed so that I would never have to leave the cozy safety of my bed ever again. I loved propping up several pillows behind my back, setting up the small breakfast-in-bed tray, and writing, tweeting, and surfing Etsy to my heart’s content. It [...]
