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It's been quite a year, I suppose. I kickstarted a book; I spent a weekend in Reykjavik with my sister; I went to 4th St Fantasy and saw friends. I officiated like 40 roller derby games this year, most of which were after July 1. I was out of town more weekends than I was home. I think for 2024, I'll limit myself to 2 away games a month and not just apply for ALL THE GAMES!!! because I can. (I enjoy doing it, but I need to not burn out about it.)
The big news is that I got a JOB that starts in the new year. It's 10 hours a week copyediting for a website, and it doesn't pay a lot, but it should be enough for me to cover my monthly expenses except food, which is much better than living entirely on my savings, which I've been doing since I moved here.
(I'm paying 550 a month in rent, 9 for mobile phone, 25 for dental supplemental insurance, 10 for roller derby dues, 10 for apple TV, probably 100-150 for health insurance (I'll find out in about a month what my new rate is going to be with my increased income), 60 or so for a storage unit, 49 for public transit, plus groceries, misc whatever, and cat supplies.)
(I have to keep the storage unit because the basement storage isn't secure and was broken into recently and my two good suitcases were stolen, so I have to replace them, ugh.)
What would be awesome is if, once I finish my kickstarted book and get it into the world, people buy it and I earn money from that, and I get my current novel polished up and one of the small e-book focused publishers picks it up and it sells, and I get additional income from that. (I'll KS the novel if I have to, but my god that was a pain in the ass. Plus apparently we're supposed to offer tchotchkes and super collector's edition hardbacks with full color dust jackets and sprayed edges and ... yeah, fuck all that noise.)
I want to try to write every day, maybe starting today, since it's the turning of the year, because I've been feeling adrift, I guess. Keeping track of things would help. I can take 20 minutes a day most days.
The big news is that I got a JOB that starts in the new year. It's 10 hours a week copyediting for a website, and it doesn't pay a lot, but it should be enough for me to cover my monthly expenses except food, which is much better than living entirely on my savings, which I've been doing since I moved here.
(I'm paying 550 a month in rent, 9 for mobile phone, 25 for dental supplemental insurance, 10 for roller derby dues, 10 for apple TV, probably 100-150 for health insurance (I'll find out in about a month what my new rate is going to be with my increased income), 60 or so for a storage unit, 49 for public transit, plus groceries, misc whatever, and cat supplies.)
(I have to keep the storage unit because the basement storage isn't secure and was broken into recently and my two good suitcases were stolen, so I have to replace them, ugh.)
What would be awesome is if, once I finish my kickstarted book and get it into the world, people buy it and I earn money from that, and I get my current novel polished up and one of the small e-book focused publishers picks it up and it sells, and I get additional income from that. (I'll KS the novel if I have to, but my god that was a pain in the ass. Plus apparently we're supposed to offer tchotchkes and super collector's edition hardbacks with full color dust jackets and sprayed edges and ... yeah, fuck all that noise.)
I want to try to write every day, maybe starting today, since it's the turning of the year, because I've been feeling adrift, I guess. Keeping track of things would help. I can take 20 minutes a day most days.
