Dec

The power of positive thinking?

If you have been reading my blog recently you will know that I have been setting myself some new writing goals for 2010.

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!