Hello Everyone,

I cannot believe it has been over four months since I have written here at Bravenet. My life has been hectic to say the least. My father fell ill late last year and needs daily care which me and my mother provide.

But my father is improving on a daily basis. Me and my father were talking tonight and he said he was ready to start exercising tomorrow and that the was looking forward to Spring so he can get outside and start doing things which is an excellent sign that he is getting better. Plus he had a great checkup a few weeks ago.  

My article writing is suffering. I am not turning out nearly as much copy as I was prior to my father’s illness. I was writing about five articles a day, now I am lucky if I can turn out two short ones a day, but I am starting to write a little bit more in the last few days. I just finished writing about six articles.

One great thing that happened is that I was hired to be a diet and nutrition writer for Bright Hub! I will focus on the importance of herbs, vitamins and fruits and vegetables. I believe in herbs, vitamins and eating healthy foods more than ever becasue I have seen them have a very positive effect on my father's health. No, I will not be able to retire with this gig but the exposure will be good for my article writing career and it will be a great addition to my resume.

I am a little upset because I was tuned down by Suite 101 to become a Health and Wellness writer but they did invite me to reapply after some time has passed. I am thinking about applying again next year, after I get some more experience writing diet and nutrition articles.

I also just applied to a really cool job. At least I think it is pretty cool. It is writing poetry for a character in a movie. I really would love to do this but I know the response was probably huge and I am sure it will be competitive, but it felt good to apply.

I have been applying for various online jobs on a daily basis and I am certain something good will turn up soon. I am still looking for that one permanent job where I write a daily blog or article. The jobs are out there I just have to wait until it is my time to get one.  

I did get a direct order from a company to write articles and this was quite a surprise. I have never been contacted directly from a company to write articles. I have always worked through a broker. They were really impressed with my work and that makes me feel fantastic!! Hopefully this will lead into something more…

I better get back to my article writing…Have a FANTASTIC week everyone!!