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so! Brandon and i are looking for ways to get our finances to stretch a little better between student loan disbursements. having to pay $10,000 every 4 months is really tough and when he’s back in rotations, it will be $20,000! ouch. most of you have jobs and income flowing in the green and even you can’t imagine dropping $20,000 three times a year.
as i mentioned on Twitter last night, being Canadian on the wrong side of the border obviously limits my job opportunities. i can’t just start bringing in tips for slinging pie and coffee at the local diner. so i started perusing craigslist last night for something (of the non-adult employment industry variety) i can do.
and i came across a few ads looking for freelance article writers.
i can do that! i can write! i can even use capital letters when i need to!
this morning i was looking for a couple of non-fiction samples to submit to Suite101.com and ended up being swallowed whole by my experiences in Africa. my gosh! it’s like i completely forgot how insane that trip was. and i forgot how proud i was of some of that writing. some of those stories sucked me in as if i didn’t experience it first-hand.
i didn’t find anything suitable to submit to the online writers’ network. they are asking for third-person non-fiction and we all know how often that happens here. hah.
so! if you have any tips for me down here, i would appreciate the advice. another friend recommended looking into Google Ads, but i really don’t think i generate the kind of traffic that would make advertising revenue lucrative or worthwhile. looking into it though.
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November 5th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I’m in a similar boat, as my passport also has the wrong country written on it in order for me to just go and get any old job out there (thank goodness for grad school tuition waivers and stipends). I’d think being married to Brandon would at least let you get a green card, which equals permanent residency, which equals ability to work, no?
Between college and grad school I needed money, really badly, so I started doing some translating work, and it was honestly like writing money. I had NO idea how much money you can make simply by sitting wherever in the world there is an internet connection and typing away on a 5 year-old laptop!!! I don’t think you speak another language (do you?), but the writing thing may not be a bad idea.
You take gorgeous photos – anything you could do with that?
Maybe the “get work authorization through Brandon” is your best bet at this point. If you plan on staying in the US (which it sounds like you do), do residency here and work here, then it might be wise to initiate any immigration proceedings and the likes sooner rather than later.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Just an idea, how about medical transcription jobs or transcription jobs where you can work from home.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
why do you need to pay 10K every 4 months?
ouch is right!
November 5th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Do you have a few spare hours a week/month to be a freelance photographer? Post an ad on craigslist offering cheap baby, kid & couple portraits. you have more than enough to show a portfolio. and people are always looking for cheap portrait photographers. i know a girl from vancouver living in san Fransisco doing just that.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:47 am
I keep hearing an ad on the radio that says you can make $10,000.00 working from your home part time. It must be true, they have a toll free number and everything.
Ok, to be serious, how about technical writing in the medical field? Your work is clear and concise. Plus, you’ve read and written enough medical stuff to have a good idea what is needed.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Some tips on medical writing:
don’t use words like oops, dropped, floor, owwie, patch, hacksaw, or goop.
or, phrases like:
ok, we’re done; anyone seen the forcepts?
now look at what you’ve done.
holy sh*t
was it supposed to be the right leg?
or
where does this go?
November 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I would enjoy reading a medical book with the words ‘goop’ and ‘owwie’ in it. And speaking of dropped…i was watching an autopsy yesterday and the pathologist dropped the top of the guys skull on the floor. and it rolled :(
if you want you can rent your husband out to me for a few months. all he has to do is cook for me (i swear!) and you can stop going to those damn football games every single weekend.
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