Trying to make a little money interferes with my novel writing

Good for you for writing a novel. I would love to do that but don't know who to contact about doing so. Could you point me in the right direction?

Hi suspensful, fortunately my novel is finished. I think I edited it about seven times, and had two teachers read it also. Unfortunately finding an agent, or a company that might lead to having my novel published is proving the difficult part. Good luck, and I hope you can find a publisher for your work.

I always feel the need to make a little money, recession or not.

when i was writing full time, i wrote for other people for 4 days out of the week and fridays were my day to write for myself. i worked on my book and whatnot. now, i am not writing at all, i am crafting!

I'm not writing a book but I can tell you that trying to make money online is a full time job! I mostly write to make money and there are many days when I dread getting up and sitting down at the keyboard for 8 hours of writing, surveys, etc. There are no jobs here. I understand your dilemma. Have you checked out this site, http://homeworkersnet.com/ I joined it but haven't had time to do anything with all my writing assignments, but I checked it out and it seems to be legitimate. It might be more effective than what you're doing now.

Unless I'm left all alone in a room with nobody to answer to buy myself then what you are attempting is quite impossibly possible. I have about 5 books that I'm currently writing at the same time. Sometimes I have to let them sit so I can think of character direction. I currently write for a client site and for AC. I also write for a music website. My great American novel can wait for now, I'd rather build up my monetary skills because they novel will hit and you won't have any time for anything else.

Glad to hear that you are able to focus still on Writing your Novel with all of the issues with your husband and such. Sometimes I think you owe it to yourself for being able to keep focused, and still be able to post in here from time to time. I know I have a Dream of writing some Books in time myself, but between working full time, my Health, Church stuff, and trying to find time to post in here, etc. as is takes all my time to where my Writing seems to suffer for sure. I think maybe you just need to set goals and a game plan and learn to focus on that more maybe and then see if that helps at all. Wishing you the Best.

Yeah, I know how that is. I'd love to get another book published, but right now I need to be actually making money, instead of working in a "future investment" in time, so to speak. How are you going to get your book published? Traditional publisher, or self publisher? My husband and I self published.

I am not a writer myself but I have a couple of friends here at Mylot, who are. They do not do a whole lot in Mylot when they are busy with their writing. they only come here when things are slow with their writing gigs.

I totally relate to your frustration. I've put aside my novel to earn money. But I feel as if I'm spending too much time trying to write articles for a couple dollars each. I'm getting caught in a vicious circle. Recently I changed my work schedule, working 10-hour days 4 days a week. Having the 3-day weekend was appealing. I thought I'd spend my 3-day weekends doing more writing. I feel lately I'm just spinning my wheels. Guess I'm in a funk right now. Hope things look up for you...

It's really a matter of choice. Writing a novel and publishing it will surely earn you bigger amount but I think it would take time for you to gain that. There are so many good writers out there who have started publishing books. It's so difficult to compete with those professional writers, but here in mylot, you don't compete with anybody. You earn a little but with consistency. If you really are into earning, then you might as well choose making money in mylot and other online writing stuff which pays a little rather than investing too much time and effort in a novel. Well, my suggestion would be different if it's your dream that you are trying to achieve by finishing your novel.

i think you will fail in both writing the novel and earning as well because both need much time to be invested and a lot of care doing those two things. you got to work in weekly basis one week of writing and the next week earning.that way is going to be easy and a lot of time utilization

Yes, it does! Except that I enjoy all writing, even research articles. So the truth is, I have several projects going at once! I tend to get lost in forums and Mylot - that takes away time from my writing. But it's all good, i get ideas from these sources, too.

Hello suspenseful!! I am new to the "writing world" and have currently submitted 2 short novels to a publishing company in our place. I have a dream of writing another series of books-still short novels-just to enhance my writing skills. Yet, I must say that I also dreamed of writing more. I actually have put details down on papers so I could remember my characters so well. I am also writing a true-to-life story, which I see to be good enough because I need not to imagine situations-I just have to interview the characters myself! I am also trying to write about my personal experiences as well. I did so much blogs on some sites-which doesn't pay. And the only paying site I'm attending now is mylot. So,at this present time, I'm still waiting for the feedback for the manuscripts I sent. My mind began grambling when I realized that I have so much to work out for. But you see, one of the most important thing about writing is TIME MANAGEMENT. All you have to do is prioroitize your writings-which of them do you want to finish first? Or you can also practice assigning the days for your writings-what book are you focusing on today and what is it for the next day. Lastly, set a day for those little extra moneys you are trying to make. I have a friend who works and is also active on online jobs. He's so good in doing it! It amazes me when he announces how much he earned for a week. The problem about being a writer is that-when you start, you feel like you'll never want to stop at all. Just put in mind that prioritizing your works will help you manage your time on writing novels as well as making some extra moneys...

Yeah, I know how that is. I'd love to get another book published, but right now I need to be actually making money, instead of working in a "future investment" in time, so to speak. How are you going to get your book published? Traditional publisher, or self publisher? My husband and I self published.