Freelancing means that I can stop at the park with my camera and call it work. If my editor asks me what I did today, I can tell her I worked. Sitting down to remember all the thoughts that went through my head while I was walking and working often takes more effort, especially if I already had my one allowable Diet Coke for the day.
Freelancing also means that if I am interested in something specific, I write about it. That part is great fun. Today, I got to hang out in the local auto-body shop. In addition to talking to long-time employees, I got to check out some really cool cars and talk about cars and take pictures of cars and…well, cars are cool. Funny how some cars still stand out more than 25 years after they roared around the parking lot of the local high school. Being a local is an added benefit to freelance writing. Besides having a working background knowledge of the area history, I get to hang out with people I know and tell my editor it was “work”.
Today was a good day to be a freelance writer.
There is more, but I am saving the yellow truck story for tomorrow. Connections are funny sometimes, but they are certainly worth paying attention to-especially if they have “local flavor”. They could be the next story and often really are…
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