Don't go your work-at-home writing life alone

Established: The writing life isn't the easy life, but it is the life that many of us want. As you face the page, it is you and you alone who sit there, so, in that respect, it is lonely. But, happily, we don't have to stay alone. Not with helps like these.

Like good writing publications (Writers Journal, ByLine, The Writer, and Writer's Digest, my favorites), where we're invited into the lives of others who have made the journey. We learn about their struggles, their problems and how they solved them; their low moments, their high ones; how they approach the good life they, too, have chosen to live. The magazines are valuable helpmates.

Along the way, I've found another enormous help, Filbert Publishing, an online resource, who publishes not only a fantastic, free e-zine, Writing, Etc; they publish e-books that provide knowledge designed to help you succeed at the writing life. We all need to stay upbeat, positive, and regularly think 'can-do' thoughts; like the monthlies and bi-monthlies I mentioned earlier, Filbert's publications help you stay in the zone.

I was giddy with anticipation when I read an ad for their new e-book, 101 No Cost (And Low Cost) Techniques to Turbo Charge Your Freelance Income. I could use a little turbo-charging, I admitted to myself, so I ordered it. I just have to say that it's everything I hoped it would be.

Don't go it alone if you want to succeed in this business. Surround yourself, as I do, with good books, magazines, e-helps. Let them inspire you, too!