Need a virtual hug - everyone in the real world thinks I'm nuts
hahahaha... here is a big HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG for you... have fun and enjoy life....All the best
- good plan
You're not nuts, I can relate to this completely! I've got half a village asking me how the writing is going, and why do they hardly ever see me? The odd one asks what I am earning, and when I tell them the truth, they say "What?? For six months work??" - like I am mad or something.
I still believe that one day all this work will pay off. I'm hoping the income will keep me in my old age!
I'm already starting to see the daily clicks and therefore the income increasing, slowly (very slowly) but surely.
I'm online for hours every day, and I often take my laptop out to the pub with me so that I can stay online while having a coffee.
I think they call me that mad laptop woman!
So, bug hugs, if you're mad, you're not alone)Dear Spacey Gracey
Ignore them! You don't need to explain to 'them' how you spend your time.
Instead, surround yourself with a cohort of understanding people.
Big Huggggggggggggggg, take care
I've had the same "crazy woman" look, and even the discouragement words. But I say to myself and them: I love writing about different things and sharing it with people, and if I get even cents for that why not.
would you say no for somebody walking by and gives you a nickle just to hear one of your thoughts? hehe
Good luck for you Spacey Gracey and have fun
hug
{{{HUGS}}}
- poetlorraineposted 13 years ago
0 I was getting kind of blank looks if I talked about online writing/earning - but when I started to mention some exact earnings I had, the blank looks went away and a few people seemed to change their thinking.
Feel the power of a monkey HUG and a BIG WET KISS!
Hug. You'll get there
I just released my first kids book which is not doing to bad, but like you I have spent countless hrs making it and now working on promoting it with very little luck but can't give up!
"There are no shortcuts to a place worth going"Big virtual hug from one mom to another!
I don't tell anyone that I want to try internet marketing - except here where no one knows me
Hang in there. You do have good content!When I started, and got the usual response I asked them if they have read my work! Most of them had not. Then I just smiled and said no more.
Lots of big hugs! You will work it out, it does take a little time though.
Read hubs on how to make money on hubpages written by Mark Knowles and many other high scoring hubbers with years of experience for accurate information on how it works.
There are so many people here who are helpful and knowledgeable I cannot remember them all.
A shortcut would be to look for hubbers who have been here longer than 2 years who have hubs related to hubpage earnings.
As for the knockers, ........ tell em you're writing a book!((HUGS)) I don't explain anything...I just close my doors to my room and disappear....okay, that's between the hours of 10 pm and 3 am when all the kids are asleep. Hang in there, the five will turn into ten into twenty and up it will continue. One more ((HUG))
- kimberlyslyricsposted 13 years ago0
- kimberlyslyricsposted 13 years ago0
Congratulations Kimberley! You have made a fast comeback.
Of all the reading I have done on hubpages, and that is a lot, your writing has been amongst the most interesting, honest and moving.
Happy days!
- kimberlyslyricsposted 13 years ago0
Awwww. You got my hug! Remember, the crazier and weirder you are, the cooler you feel.
waheyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy - went away on a long weekend and sold a coffee tamper while I was gone. Check me out - I am sooooo hot.
Want to say two things:
1 - I love you lot, you are clever, and funny and kind
2 - It really hurts every time I read a reply to my message, and see my typo in the original post - ouch, what a numptyIf it's before 7pm (BST), I blame the kids. After that, I blame the wine
. Tonight, it is most definately the wine.
here's another hug! you must be getting squeezed solid!
anyhow - hubbing is like planting tiny seeds, watering them and watching them grow - some grow slower than others but turn into gorgeous flowers, others are sort of the quick, reliable veggie producers - others haven't even come up yet. A good hubber, like a good gardener remembers to care for and feed the seeds!
course, I've only made a tiny sum in all the months I've been spending at least 3 hours a day here. I don't even care cuz its so much fun. And now I'm beginning to talk my buddies into trying it too! which is really gratifying when they finally understand for themselves what it is you have been doing! and then they want to write hubs about everything, just like me! hee hee!
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