Indie author, blogger, freelance writer | Friend of animals | Coffee junkie — I’ve been on Medium for a year and a half and I still haven’t introduced myself to you! Maybe it’s about time I did. On Medium I write about: relationships, ADHD, money/income/side gigs, fiction, life, mindfulness, and many other topics. My writing is personal; if that’s not your thing you…

It’s time to take the future seriously again — As you know, over the summer I slacked. Well, kind of. I worked hard at two jobs but I wrote almost nothing. The result is that almost everything did a back slide as far as earning money from writing. That’s ok. …

I’m proud of my accomplishments — let me tell you about them, again. Sometimes I feel like people get annoyed when I talk about how happy I am about the things I’ve done over the past 6 months. And I feel bad about that, but…I’m not sorry. Over the past…

Crow’s Feet Prompt #16 — “If you need to talk, I’m here.” “Let’s do something! I’ll call you sometime.” “We should get together more often. But this week is crazy…” People say things like this all the time, but I especially noticed it after I was living alone. When my kids lived at home, people…

Bowie knew it wasn’t her birthday, and it wasn’t their anniversary, either. It was the middle of the week. In their 20 years of marriage, Hal had only taken her out for dinner on special occasions. He didn’t even complain when she added shrimp to her fettucine alfredo and he was the one who suggested that she order another Long Island Iced Tea. Something was wrong, and Bowie knew it. Hal was jittery, but it wasn’t just nervousness. There was a layer of excitement beneath his shifting eyes.

It was time to go back to an “everyday job” — It was June 24, 2020. Covid-19 was just getting going (we all hoped it was almost over — HA! Little did we know) and the day before my 50th birthday. My gift to myself that year was quitting my job and giving full-time writing another go. I was confident. I…

A writer’s dilemma — Over the years, I’ve always believed that writers had to have a niche in order to be successful. To make money you have to niche down and focus on one thing. I’ve decided to do just that as Dani Gibbings McGaw. However, I have a pen name that I write…

I’m doing a little planning now that my break is almost over — If you’re not a paying Medium member, you can read this on my blog for free! Just click here! I’ve always had a hard time doing “niche” writing. I like variety. I don’t always want to write about one thing. But I’m going to attempt it again. I’m going to…

I’m both happy and sad that summer is almost over — This has been one of my busiest summers even though I gave myself permission to ease back on the online writing and just focus on making money from a EDJ (every day job). In fact, this summer, for the first time in many years, I had two jobs. …