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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Posted by Geoff Caffo in Business, Linked posts, Musings on May 3rd, 2009
Sorry for the lack of updates for the past couple of days…if you happen to be one of the people who follows me on Twitter you might have caught an occasional sigh or snarky tweet during that time, but that’s about all the time I’ve had available. We’ve been cleaning the house like crazy to get ready for the in-laws’ visit, which should be commencing any moment now, leaving me frantic to make sure I get at least a little bit of a post up before I run out of time.
Tomorrow begins a new week, and a new pattern for me. My wife and I have both been out of work for a little while, but she’s going back tomorrow and I will have the apartment to myself for 5-6 hours a day.
In the words of Chef, “It’s on.”
Writing will happen when I make it happen. So this week I will be posting at least once a day, on a variety of topics, and writing nonstop in the meantime. Make that almost nonstop - I still need to spend at least an hour a day trying to learn something about the inner workings of WordPress. 
Are any other would-be web writers out there reading this? If so, what path are you taking? For those who make their living this way, where did you start? What do you know now that you wish you knew when you were starting out? Discuss in the comments.
I’m taking the advice of Ellen Goldstein here - mutual support is an indispensable resource for all of us.
“It was not the beginning…but it was a beginning.”
Posted by Geoff Caffo in Linked posts, Musings on April 30th, 2009
My wife is getting her site set up today, as well. She’ll be showing off some of her amazing artwork as well as prostituting her enormous skill as a graphic designer. Check her out over the weekend at http://lorenacaffo.com! (Don’t click that link right now, or anything. The site’s not up yet. And it probably won’t be tomorrow, either. But eventually this will become a live link. I promise that much.)
Lorena and I finally got our second cat today, as well. Charlie (as the shelter volunteers named him) is a male ginger tabby, probably around 3 years old. Zoe, our other cat, is less than thrilled that she now has to share her living space with him. Of course, half the reason we got another cat is to keep her company. They’ll reach an equilibrium somehow, but there are going to be power struggles in the meantime…unfortunately for Zoe, Charlie still has his front claws, so she’ll have to make use of passive resistance techniques if she hopes to prevail. That’s ok, though. Everyone knows cats invented passive aggression.
What remains for the day? Writing, writing and more writing, that’s what. I already have my first client.
Watch out, December 31st, 2009 - I’m coming for you.
Copyblogger’s Latest
Posted by Geoff Caffo in Linked posts on April 30th, 2009
I know, I know, this has been up for almost 12 hours now, but Copyblogger’s post from today is still good advice to take to heart. Check out Sonia Simone’s words of wisdom on the subject of creating customers through delivery of quality content.