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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Until We Meet Again...Write On!

6:00 AM

More than a year ago, I read -- don't even remember where -- that WM Freelance Writers Connection was looking for a regular guest blogger. I contacted site co-owner Angie Atkinson. Next thing I knew, I'd written more than 50 posts for this blog.

No idea how I did that.

Being a regular weekly guest blogger was an experiment for me. It's a big time commitment.

But I was excited by the idea of banding together with six other women and seeing if we could build a successful writers' portal together. I loved the idea of blogging in a group as opposed to by my lonesome. I was intrigued by the challenge of learning to write for a slightly different audience than my own. And obviously -- given that I already had a very full plate of paying gigs -- I was just a little bit crazy.

I've loved being one of the regular WM bloggers. I've made great friends on here that I'm hoping to keep as I continue on my writer's journey. But you can probably smell where I'm going with this.

It's time for me to move on.

I'm at the point where I've recently dropped two paying clients. I'm afraid I need to pare down my volunteer gigs, too.

My business has just exploded in the past 18 months. My Make a Living Writing blog went nuts and had to be moved to a private server, I've guested on Copyblogger, had my own blog post retweeted by Darren Rowse of Problogger (the latter is even scarier!), and most recently my blog was a finalist for the Top 10 Blogs for Writers contest at Write to Done. Out of 518 nominations, I made the top 20.

I'm kind of still panting in a corner over here, trying to figure out how all that happened. But I want to say I think those bigger social-media and blogging successes would never have happened without the work I put in guesting here on WM. Though I've been writing professionally for a long time I didn't have a ton of blogging experience. I got that here.

I feel grateful for the opportunity, and think it was valuable for me. If they haven't already found a replacement for me, you might consider applying for this gig.

I'm not going away mad...or even really going away. I'll still be popping my head in now and then with the occasional post. And I'm planning a live, free teleclass with Angie and Alyssa Ast in January -- so we can talk more then.

Until then, keep on striving to improve your writing. I know I will.

Photo via Flickr user Keith Williamson

Labels: Blog, Carol Tice, Copyblogger, Darren Rowse, Flickr, freelance writers, Keith Williamson, ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, Write to Done, writing

8 comments:

Colette said...: Carol, enjoyed seeing your posts here, and will continue following you at Make a Living Writing. Congrats on all your successes!; December 30, 2010 7:25 AM
Liza said...: Best wishes Carol. Thanks for your dedication and "guidence" over the past several months.; December 30, 2010 8:28 AM
Rebecca said...: Congrats on your success! Best of luck to you.; December 30, 2010 8:50 AM
Stephanie Mojica said...: I'm sorry to see you go from here, but I completely understand. Congratulations on all your successes and I'll see you over on your blog!

Stephanie; December 30, 2010 9:17 AM
Carol Tice said...: OK, now I'm gonna cry!

If I could just stop needing sleep, I'd keep writing here. But unfortunately it's time to cut back for me. Just to update the above, I was a winner in Top 10 Blogs for Writers, and that's kind of changing my whole blogging game. I need to clear the decks for whatever's coming next.

But I'll still be dropping in now and then, all!

Like we say in Hebrew, Shalom chaverim l'hitraot. Farewell friends -- until we meet again.; December 30, 2010 9:47 AM
P-A-McGoldrick said...: Best in all future endeavours!

Patricia
http://pmpoetwriter.blogspot.com/; December 30, 2010 10:02 AM
Pam Houghton said...: Good luck, Carol. Sounds like you're on your way to the top! :-); December 30, 2010 11:21 AM
N. Strauss said...: Congratulations on everything, Carol, and keep in touch.; December 30, 2010 4:59 PM

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