Monthly Archives: February 2017

I tried freelancer.com for the first time over the weekend. I hired username amiablewriter to write a blogpost for me. I gave very little direction and asked for a 300 to 500 word blog post on how to determine your … Continue reading →

That title is misleading. Writing is not hard. Sitting down to write and staying sat down and keeping writing is hard. Putting the right words in the right order to make sentences and then making those sentences connect to other … Continue reading →

Chapter 1: Write your current Story, then burn it When I was growing up, my generation was taught the following “sure fire steps to success”: 1. Stay in school and study hard 2. Go to college and study hard some … Continue reading →

February 2002. War was raging in Afghanistan, the Twin Towers were still smoldering, and I was smoking a cigarette in the parking lot of a dirty chemical plant four hours from home. As I contemplated how I had gotten here … Continue reading →

Apparently I don’t know how to get focussed and disciplined to write a book. I do, however, know how to write a blog post. Let’s make a deal… I’ll write blog posts about my journey of independence. Along the way, … Continue reading →