The good, the bad

[danaeris]

Today was a day. It was cut up in part by my first work review.

Good news:

• Membership has ALWAYS been positive about the bulletin, but there has been an increase nonetheless in positive comments, and even comments saying that they feel the bulletin has become more relevant.


• I have a new assignment with that TO paper I was in the other week.
  The editor wrote:
  "700 words? For the middle of next week? With your name spelled correctly by us?"
  
  *giggles* Have I mentioned how much I like this editor?
  
  That'll be another $315 CAD if its the same pay rate.


• Also, I contacted HEM, a small trade pub I've done some writing for. There's a conference on something they cover a lot of in TO mid-November, and so I pitched the conference to her. She said she couldn't guarantee me anything based on the conference website, but that she could probably out of the stuff there find 1 1000 word article. That would be $200 US -- not much, but work.


• And remember, I'm still waiting to hear back on two viable pitches with W, and one with HS

The bad news:

• There were negative comments about my personality that had nothing to do with my supervisor, and quite frankly are true -- I DO need to work on them.


• I told my boss the truth about my supervisor, and he's concerned. Concerned about what I said, and also about my ability to work with her given what I said. He's going to be looking into what I'm saying, unless he was lying to me, but he'll probably also be watching me and the quality of my work more closely. Time to start turning up the charm, high quality copy, etc., and working my butt off!

I don't think I'm getting fired any time soon, thank goodness. He explicitly said that he wasn't going to turn this into a "one of them has to go" situation, since he likes to have employees free to express their concerns in reviews like I did.

So, there you have it.

I'm screening comments because this post addresses a few delicate topics and I have a right to protect myself when I'm vulnerable. So there. *sticks her tongue out at you*

Comments

[lariel.livejournal.com]

All the freelancing stuff always impresses me... I can't imagine having to come up with ideas *all* the time and constantly presenting them. Way cool. I'm glad you're having so much success.

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I guess it is impressive when I actually do it, because it is the pitching process that scares me so much; the rest of it I can definitely do. I must be impressed by it if it scares me so much. :)

*sends you hugs* I find your work pursuing your physics degree pretty impressive, so I guess we're even.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Yay, work!

Yay, opportunities to improve, that you're ready to acknowledge and work on! It's tough, but so are you - tougher than you realize, sometimes. You'll manage it.

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

I wanted to thank you both for this very supportive, cheerful comment, and for your very astute advice earlier.

You're a good friend, and I really appreciate that. I'm grateful.