Into every writer’s life a few rejections will fall. July was one of thinnest budget months I’ve seen in a while. The last of my teaching pay had been spent on bills and groceries, my first retirement checks would not arrive until the 31st. Writing and working at my small college library was all the income options available, so I loaded up on writing assignments of every kind I could grab.
That was a big, big mistake. By the third week of July, I was exhausted and ill. I wasn’t meeting deadlines, and I had picked up at least two clients that were a poor match for my best skills. My best skills are:
- Writing Fiction: My plotting skills are still a bit weak, but I can create wonderful characters and I’m great at world building. I can spin yarns out of nothing.
- Research: As a librarian and as a college student I have learned how to research and how to credit my sources. I write a pretty good non-fiction composition from secondary sources, if I do say so myself!
I can handle:
- Writing for catalogs.
- Writing website content, if all the recipient needs is a good word composition.
- Press releases.
I am am abysmal at:
- Creating backlinks.
- Blog posting.
- Writing adult content.
As soon as I realized the mess I was in, I stopped looking for new work, but I already had a backlog of clients. Steadily working through that backlog and fielding complaints has been time-consuming, wearing and less that satisfactory for anyone. I got some work back, had to do more re-writes than is normal for me, and wound up refunding one payment. I had a day job that took me away from home for two days, and missed an offer from a favorite client. That made me sad, but the opportunity was gone, and nothing could be done about it.
Moral of this story: Don’t accept more work than you can finish. Don’t apply for new jobs when you have old deadlines pending. Check your email often.
In the words of Stan Lee: ‘Nough said.
Daisy Peasblossom Fernchild 
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