Comments on: Day 20: What’s Your Mantra? http://www.mlvwrites.com/2009/12/day-20-whats-your-mantra.html Monica Valentinelli: Author, Game Designer and Consultant Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Brozek http://www.mlvwrites.com/2009/12/day-20-whats-your-mantra.html/comment-page-1#comment-3902 Jennifer Brozek Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:03:30 +0000 http://www.mlvwrites.com/?p=1419#comment-3902 My mantra is "Just write." It's kind of a "stop all the excuses and just do it" mantra. The other one I have is, "I will survive. I may not like it but I will survive." ~Jenn My mantra is “Just write.”

It’s kind of a “stop all the excuses and just do it” mantra.

The other one I have is, “I will survive. I may not like it but I will survive.”

~Jenn

]]> By: Jim http://www.mlvwrites.com/2009/12/day-20-whats-your-mantra.html/comment-page-1#comment-3900 Jim Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:01:18 +0000 http://www.mlvwrites.com/?p=1419#comment-3900 Thank you. It is a emotional roller coaster right now. I'm determined though. It helps to have family and friends for support. I find myself writing up a storm though on many different fronts! Thank you. It is a emotional roller coaster right now. I’m determined though. It helps to have family and friends for support. I find myself writing up a storm though on many different fronts!

]]> By: Monica Valentinelli http://www.mlvwrites.com/2009/12/day-20-whats-your-mantra.html/comment-page-1#comment-3899 Monica Valentinelli Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:29:44 +0000 http://www.mlvwrites.com/?p=1419#comment-3899 Hi Jim, I'm sorry you're going through this job situation right now. I really don't have any easy advice to give you, because (having been through company restructures and lay offs myself) the emotions that you are feeling will color and affect what you do professionally. In the best and the worst of times, in my experiences the freelancers that stand out are the ones that are professional but still persevere. Some things you'll need to deal with on your own before you leap back into the fray again. I recommend feeling what you're feeling, cutting yourself a little slack, and then make it a point to move forward. Here's a good website that can help get you started: http://freelanceswitch.com/ Good luck! Hi Jim,

I’m sorry you’re going through this job situation right now. I really don’t have any easy advice to give you, because (having been through company restructures and lay offs myself) the emotions that you are feeling will color and affect what you do professionally. In the best and the worst of times, in my experiences the freelancers that stand out are the ones that are professional but still persevere. Some things you’ll need to deal with on your own before you leap back into the fray again.

I recommend feeling what you’re feeling, cutting yourself a little slack, and then make it a point to move forward. Here’s a good website that can help get you started: http://freelanceswitch.com/

Good luck!

]]> By: Jim http://www.mlvwrites.com/2009/12/day-20-whats-your-mantra.html/comment-page-1#comment-3898 Jim Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.mlvwrites.com/?p=1419#comment-3898 I'm at a all time low. I got layed off yesterday. My rallying cry is determination and don't give up. Now more than ever I need to write so I don't think about how bad off I am right now. I will not give up. I do not care how bad my work is. I will write 3000 words a day.I have a book finished. I will write mods for game systems too. Any, and I mean ANY advice on finding freelance work? Its like buying a really expensive car-if you have to ask, you can't afford it. With freelance work in the game industry if you have to ask then you're nobody and you get ignored. In other words you need a established rep but no one will talk to you to look at any of your work if you don't already have something published. And around and around and around it goes. Almost no companies have a open submission anymore but they use freelance writers they already know. I have no problem with writing something for free the first time to show off I have skills but even that is not availible. Any suggestions? I’m at a all time low. I got layed off yesterday. My rallying cry is determination and don’t give up. Now more than ever I need to write so I don’t think about how bad off I am right now. I will not give up. I do not care how bad my work is. I will write 3000 words a day.I have a book finished. I will write mods for game systems too. Any, and I mean ANY advice on finding freelance work? Its like buying a really expensive car-if you have to ask, you can’t afford it. With freelance work in the game industry if you have to ask then you’re nobody and you get ignored. In other words you need a established rep but no one will talk to you to look at any of your work if you don’t already have something published. And around and around and around it goes. Almost no companies have a open submission anymore but they use freelance writers they already know. I have no problem with writing something for free the first time to show off I have skills but even that is not availible. Any suggestions?

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