Wednesday

Today I finished the piece for LEG and started gathering together the research I'd done for the one for Pacific Coast Journal and thinking about it. That's pretty much it!

Earnings: $75

Tuesday

Not a big day, but I did some work. I looked for more story ideas for thehorse.com and wrote the one they accepted yesterday. I started on a piece for LEG. Applied for a bunch of jobs on oDesk and Elance.

Earnings: $75

Monday

Today, I wrote my review for The Cassandra Cookbook by Shawn James for Apex Reviews. I also pitched some ideas to thehorse.com, they picked one and I started the research. I finished MM&M, which I already counted the income for, and sent it off. Oh, and last night I sent another query. Not a big money day, but I crossed a couple things off my list, which always makes me happy!

Earnings: $20
Payments: $364

How am I doing?

This was my worst week yet, so I really need to take up the slack next week!

Week of 10/19-10/25 Earnings: $530 Payments: $815

Wednesday through Sunday

Ouch, I have not been getting much done! I'm trying to get through my second pass at MM&M and did a little research. I taught two dance classes and DJed a dance. Oh, and worked on the e-book. Not a lucrative week. I resolve to do better, starting tomorrow! My horseysitting stint is done, which should help my productivity.

Earnings: $200
Payments: $750

Quick Tuesday Update

I made my goal today! I wrote a piece for thehorse.com and taught three dance classes. Working a bit on MM&M for SKB and then to bed.

Earnings: $150
Payments: $85

Sunday and Monday

This week, I'm helping out at the barn where I keep my horses while my friends, the owners/trainers/marketers, are out of town. This cuts into my work time, but it's necessary because they do a lot for me and I need to return the favor. They give me a break on my board and give me lessons on how to train my horses in exchange for turning horses out. Not hard work, but it does take time out of my day! Yesterday, I finished a piece for Horseman's News and started the research for a piece for thehorse.com. Today I finished the latter and worked on the ebook. I'm still working through MM&M for SKB. Oh, I also have The Cassandra Cookbook to review for Apex Reviews.

Earnings: $180

Assignment update:
4 for Horseman's News (10/17): 2 done, research started on 1
2 for LEG (October): 1 done, 1 need info
1 for thehorse.com (Monday): done, but need to do an update tomorrow.
1 for RS: 15 pages done
Copy edit Magic, Mensa and Mayhem for Swimming Kangaroo: working on second pass
Read and review The Cassandra Cookbook: about halfway through.
more queries! 9 this month

How am I doing?

October 12-18 Earnings: $660 Payments: $100

Thursday through Saturday Update

Oy, I need to be better about updating this! What have I been working on? Finding and writing news stories for thehorse.com, researching and writing the piece for Horsemen's News, doing the second pass for Magic, Mensa, and Mayhem for Swimming Kangaroo Books (Hi, Dindy and Karina!). Got some new assignments for HN. Bid on jobs on oDesk and Elance. Finished the one for LEG.

Earnings: $195 (sigh...not much)

Assignment update:
4 for Horseman's News (10/17): 1 done, started on 1
2 for LEG (October): 1 done, 1 need info
1 for thehorse.com (Monday): not started.
1 for RS: 12 pages done
Copy edit book for Swimming Kangaroo: working on second pass
more queries! 9 this month

Wednesday

Quick update and then I'm going to bed! I spent a good part of today sniffing out stories for thehorse.com and managed to get one brief updated accepted. Sent two tonight and will see if they want them in the morning. Wrote 8 pages of RS's ebook. Sent a couple of queries and looked at submission guidelines for a couple other places, and Horsemen's News gave me some new assignments.

Earnings: $230 (updated Thursday morning--both pieces were accepted)
Payments: $100

Tuesday, 10/14

Today was pretty exciting, because thehorse.com is letting me do some coverage of the fires in SoCal. Not that I'm excited about fires, of course--my heart goes out to everyone affected! I spent a good part of the day trying to track down news and stories. I finally got a piece together for them tonight, plus finished one that I'd started for Pacific Coast Journal.

Earnings: $150

Assignment update:
2 for Horseman's News (10/17): 1 done, research started on 1
2 for LEG (October): 1 mostly done, 1 need info
1 for thehorse.com (Monday): looks like the original one is scrapped, may have some ongoing during the fires.
1 for RS: 1 page done
Copy edit book for Swimming Kangaroo: first pass done, need to do one more
more queries! 8 this month

Sunday and Monday

*sigh* I am still having a hard time getting back in the groove of working, and I've been home for two weeks! What's wrong with me? I'm getting distracted by Facebook! The last two days, I've been working on putting together a story for thehorse.com, which may get scrapped, but then they assigned me another one and I did that today. I worked on the LEG piece but I still don't have the info I need to finish it, and I did most of the research for the piece for Pacific Coast Journal and wrote about 2/3 of it. I wrote a page of the ebook for RS. Applied for a bunch of jobs and sent out a couple of article pitches.

Earnings: $85

How am I doing?

Here are my totals for October, through tonight.

Earnings: $638.25
Payments: $961

Friday and Saturday

OK, I didn't accomplish a whole lot, but I did work a bit on the LEG piece and started the research for two Horsemen's News pieces and one thehorse.com piece. I taught dance classes yesterday and today. I took two articles that failed on Demand Studios because they had some language similar to other articles I'd written and fixed that problem, posting one on Suite 101 and the other on Associated Content. I also sent some article ideas to thehorse.com and Horsemen's News.

Earnings: $155
Payments: $155

Not enough for two days!! The first part of this month is going very, very slowly work-wise.

Assignment update:
All for Demand Studios: done
2 for Horseman's News (10/14): research started
2 for LEG (October): 1 mostly done, 1 need info
1 for thehorse.com (Monday): research barely started
1 for RS: not started
Copy edit book for Swimming Kangaroo: first pass done, need to do one more
more queries! 8 this month

September Earnings

I figured out how much I made during September. I didn't meet my goal, but I knew I wouldn't because I went to Arabian Sporthorse Nationals, but I did OK anyway. I lost track of payments but earnings for the month was $2,845. There may have been another small item or two I lost track of, but that's my best guess!

Still trying to catch up

Here is is a week later, and I still haven't started blogging again yet. Part of what's holding me back is trying to figure out how to catch up and account for everything I've been doing. If I wait to get that all straightened out, I may never get going, so I'll start with where I am right now. Today I taught two dance classes and wrote most of one assignment for LEG, but I need to do some interviews tomorrow before I can finish that. I also pitched another story to thehorse.com, so I need to get on that tomorrow. I have some other assignments, so I'll update my list below. I'm going to lay off Demand Studios for a while, and hopefully I can just drop them. I used to be able to carry some of the repetitive material from one to the next to make it worth my while, but I can't do that anymore so it's becoming less profitable. The assignment for RS is a 100-page ebook, so that will take quite a bit of time.

Earnings: $100

Assignment update:
All for Demand Studios: done
6 for Horseman's News (9/14): done
2 for Horseman's News (10/14): not started
2 for LEG (September): done
2 for LEG (October): 1 mostly done, 1 need info
1 for thehorse.com (Monday): not started
1 for RS: not started
Gold Medal article (9/30): done
more queries! 4 this month

Where on God's Green Earth have I been??

I'm so sorry I haven't been keeping up on this blog. I was gone to BFE...I mean, Nampa, Idaho, for 10 days for Arabian Sport Horse Nationals. The week before that, I was cramming trying to get all my assignments done. Since then, I've been cramming trying to catch up, or falling asleep. I have been making some money. I'll try to do a real update soon!

I had something cool happen at the show, so I'll post it on Jennifer Gets Bloggy.