Once again, the universe laughed at us as we attempted to plot our course for the seasons this year. We hoped to travel to a peace gathering in Montana this summer but our trusty old blue Ford Econoline 150 decided that she was finished moving her wheels for awhile. The van broke down in Pocatello, Idaho at the Walmart adjacent to McDonald's and the Flying J gas station. We attempted to fix it but spent the fourth of July watching the fireworks behind Walmart.
Needless to say, we did not make the gathering. Instead, we bought a little Ford Escort from a friend and took it for a spin to Nevada and Utah. We returned afterwards to Pocatello to have our van towed to an outside storage yard until we can decide what to do with it. She still sits there five months later as we spend the winter hold up at a friend's house in California. Our little abode is a small trailer situated in our friend's yard. Now it is not a bad place to do some serious freelance writing tasks.
My writing "to do list" is very long indeed. So it will take more than a few months in this little travel trailer to complete but I will enjoy the challenge to see how much I can accomplish. Meanwhile, we are regrouping to make money so we can buy another vehicle. Our little Ford Escort fried its engine at the top of the mountain on the south Mount Shasta exit almost two months ago. Talk about a change in plans! We were going to travel the country this fall and winter with plenty of stops to visit friends and family in our plans. There was a motor coach waiting for us in New Mexico, too but it shall have to wait. Interesting how life deals the turns in the road. So I've learned to not get too comfortable with planning out my life. Just let it flow naturally and be open to the adventure.
As for my creative writing list, I have so many tasks that its hard to know where to go forward. I set the intention to plan my progress. You see, I have a network of fifty plus blogs which you can read about on my blog called The Midnight Writer's Blogs. Strategic planning will help me bring my blog network up to par in order to meet the new high industry standards for professional bloggers and freelance writers. With that many blogs, I had to start a focus and assignment sheet for each one. There is so much Search Engine Optimization and Domain Authority that comes into play now for freelance bloggers it will make your head spin. If you are unfamiliar, start doing your homework like I am doing. It is so much better to perform the keyword and meta tag optimization yourself to rank better in the search engines like Google and Yahoo. I am not paying for my rank or authority. I'd rather earn.
Next, I have to focus on writing longer blog posts and longer content articles. The industry is simply demanding more content. No more little snippets for me! Actually, I read the other day that five hundred words is the minimum where it used to be two hundred words per post. Some professional blogging companies require 750 words per post. That is a test of your ability to tell a story! I wondered why all the blogging companies that I've been working with changed the guidelines. I learned it is because the search engines changed the way they rank websites and blogs. We will be talking more about this subject on my blogging sites so watch for a series of discussions. In the mean time, I have tons of studying to do!
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