Dollars and Deadlines, Redux

I'm baaaaaaack! And it's been, as my 12-year-old would say, a minute.  I launched this blog way back in 2010, with a simple goal: to help freelance writers make more money, in less time. I wrote hundreds of blog posts covering topics like how to get your first assignment ; how to "reslant," or write about the same idea more than once ; how to get into ghostwriting ; and how to make editors and clients love you .  Over time, I segued from writing primarily articles to ghostwriting books, and my blogging became more sporadic. Then, in January, 2019, I embarked on a new adventure--going in-house as a content specialist with an SEO company. I still wrote for a living, but as a W-2 employee. I cut way back on my freelancing. I worked there for two and half years, keeping notes about the experience and writing a (still unsold) memoir about joining corporate America after 22 (!) years of full-time freelancing. Last June, I left that company for a new position as a copywriter...