It's been a while since I've blogged

Let me try and make a long story short!

I am searching for a full-time job, but this is something I have done for a year now. Nobody has offered me anything I can't live without, so by default, I am still a freelancer. I am not sure I am happy about it. I am not sure I am ready to leave the world of being a worker bee for being a permanent freelancer. But I am closer than I was a year ago. If you're trying to decide whether to become a freelance writer, web programmer, designer or a freelance anything, this is a good thing to take into account. I think there are two kinds of freelancers.

1. Those who have enjoyed a long and fruitful career but who want to go out on their own and are ready to leave the comforts of a paycheck that comes every two weeks in the same amount.
2. Those who are forced to do it because their job search isn't going the way they want it to.

I'm in that second group and have been for over a year and a half. I guess it gives me an interesting perspective on trial by fire and being forced into this profession of being a freelancer. I do find it rewarding. If I take a full-time job tomorrow, I won't give up freelancing. I won't give up launching my own websites.

Speaking of...

My websites! They're updated!

WriterHeather.com has all kinds of updates, including an exciting new About Me page. Though I can't get the text to un-bold and don't know why. Suggestions welcome.

TheMusicStalker.com still needs some love and some expansion. But it's my very own piece of cyberspace dedicated to my own brand of music journalism. The action right now with The Music Stalker is all on the blog for the moment.

HippyShoppingChick.com is plugging along too and much faster than The Music Stalker main site. There's also action on the Hippy Shopping Chick blog.

In fact, that's my new year's resolution for 2008. I will blog daily on Hippy Shopping Chick and The Music Stalker in order to grow my audience. Let the adventure begin!