The website that I have spent two months working on is officially launched on Monday and I am pretty happy with the traffic so far and general response. I have posts scheduled for the rest of the month, so there is little to do but moderate comments and do a bit of work for next month's posts.
This means that beginning next week, I will have the time to focus on another project and I have to admit that I am procrastinating when it comes to finishing my book and putting it into e-book format. I have examined my reluctance and there are three things that I think are holding me back.
1. There are a few things that need to be done that are outside my comfort zone and experience. These include things such as obtaining permissions necessary to proceed. There is a reference to another book in my book and as a courtesy to that author, I would like to ask for her permission to reference her book. There are partial song lyrics, which are critical to one part of the story, but mean that I need to buy the rights to use them. I have tried before and because they are from another country, ran into some snags and am nervous for the work it will entail. I am also nervous for what the cost will be - yikes!
2. I have to admit to being resistant about the whole e-book idea. If I had a publisher offering to publish an actual book, I could easily finish and edit the book in a weekend because I would be excited and would want to see my writing in print, but an e-book doesn't excited me. I like the feel of an actual book in my hands, so I don't have a Kindle or other e-reader, though my husband does, so seeing my words on one of those leaves me less than enthused!
3. I am scared of failure. What if I get it in e-book format and nobody buys it? Worse than that, what if a few people buy it and don't like it? If I don't finish it, I won't have to face these possibilities.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
My Actual Online Earnings for February, 2011
One thing about goals you make yourself is that they can become goals you break yourself! I had made a goal to finish writing my book in February and when it became apparent that the flu was going to take up residence at our house and wear out its welcome, I allowed that goal to slide away. I was then only left with my goal of achieving Triond’s February bonus. In order to qualify for an additional 30%, I needed to write 20 qualifying articles and managed to squeak in on the very last day with the last one.
Though my total online earnings for the month were about half of what I expected before I knew that I would be caring for six sick children all month and be sick myself, I am thrilled with how much of the online earnings came from my article writing. I am especially happy since I did not do any writing at all other than on Triond and wrote less than 30 articles total. This means that my residual earnings are continuing to increase. This is a trend that I hope continues.
Here are my online earning totals for the month of February, 2011:
Bukisa $5.72
RedGage $0.26
Triond $11.90*
Surveylion $8.00
ACO Surveys $3.00
*Triond earnings are a reflection of the February bonus, regular Triond, and *dsense.
Total earnings for February, 2011 $28.88
For March, I am going to finish writing that book if it kills me! I hope to have it in e-book format by April. I also plan to write 20 articles and to launch the adoption website I have been working on. March will be a big month, but as most of those projects are foundation laying, I do not expect my income to be any higher than it was in February. Hopefully, April will see me breaking that $100 mark!
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