How much writing cash can you fill your piggy bank up with in 2010?

One of these goals is to raise my fees to a better level.  Now I am a firm believer in things happening for a reason, and without going into a long and involved story a number of things have happened lately to make me think I am on the right track.  I really do think it’s time to step up my writing business and get onto the next level.  If I were to compare this to a game of Crash Bandicoot for example (I’m a lover of all things PlayStation), I think I’m about to hit the first bonus level!

I have been applying for several writing jobs of late, instead of relying on my contacts to send me work (which they still do, I should add – I just felt as if it was time to take more control over my writing career).  And I think I have been scoring a pretty good success rate too.

So that got me thinking.  Maybe I should be applying for higher paying jobs all the time instead of the ones I am applying for now?

I rather liked this idea, and I am also gearing up for getting out there and finding new clients that aren’t to be found in all the usual places.  Furthermore I actually got word today that I had been accepted by a company to write for them – but I am going to turn it down because the rate of pay would not match the new rates I am going to set for myself in the New Year.  (I’m not sure what those rates will be yet, but I know this job is far from being in the same ballpark.)

It was slightly scary deleting that congratulations email.  But I actually felt empowered once I had done it.

I feel as if that was the first step towards my 2010 writing career.  And what’s more, I had an email from a fellow writer whose newsletter I subscribe to each week, and she was offering a greatly discounted price on her new book about setting your fees higher as a writer.  So I bought it.

It was exactly what I needed to have at exactly the right time.  I’ve never seen a book like it before and here it was – just when I wanted it the most.

So it’s been a strange and wonderful day.  2010 seems bright and just over the horizon, and I feel as if I am heading up that short final stretch of an uphill battle… before heading over the top and seeing what’s in store next.

And keep reading, because I will share what I find on that downhill stretch next!