Anxiety High Today

Post Reply New Topic

I decided I needed to sit down and type out a post, because all I was doing was pacing and worrying. I want to be working on my book, but I can' focus on it. Instead, I'm focusing on the money I don't have to have my book professionally edited. It costs $250 / 20,000 words. That's a good price. I have an editor already lined up, but I'm so poor that it's taking me forever to save just the $250. I literally cannot relax, because I don't have it. I keep checking my Sponsored Tweets account, because that's where the majority of the money is coming from. I see my Saturday going down the tube, which makes it worse. If I don't make valuable use of my weekend time, then I beat myself down. It's an ugly cycle.

Hi Meggo!

Sounds QUITE a bit like what I do. Have writing and other projects I want to get done but I never get done cause I'm busy trying to find ways to make money to get them printed.

By the way, what is this sponsored tweet deal? It sounds good. I guess you have to be a pretty prolific tweeter for them to want to sponsor your posts.

I'll edit your work for free for what it's worth! I had a job as a proofreader at my university and I'd like to think I could do a pretty good job at the whole editing process. If not, well, nothing lost.

@Purchase I'm not sure if we can post links like that on here, but if you google "Sponsored Tweets" you'll find it. I have about 37,000 followers on Twitter. You get paid when people click on your links. You can choose what's Tweeted and write it in your own words, so you can stick with your own topics. I've made a good amount of money. Most of it I used for Christmas presents, which I wouldn't have been able to afford if not otherwise.

Well, she already knows I plan to use her and I think she will introduce me to her agent, since she writes the same genre as I. But thank you for the offer!

Ah I see! Sounds like a good way of making money. Thanks for the information. I'm horrible at social networking though even online so it would never work for me.

Understood about the editor! I am not a professional or anything so I'm not quite sure why I thought I'd be a good one but anyway.

Yeah, anyway, I've been really anxious about money lately too and it manifests as self-hatred and poor self-esteem in addition to plain old anxiety and depression so I know it is HORRIBLE and I sympathize!