Could it be?

I was out of my office all day Monday. When I log back in Tuesday, I have three messages for work! Woo hoo. Maybe there's something to this whole freelance thing, this whole writing thing.

This is despite me slacking on the self-promotion. This is still, by and large, my already-established network.

I start to feel excited and I hear from a close family member, "Oh, yeah, we saw somewhere that most of the people who work out of the home are, guess what, freelance writers!" I think to myself, "OK, are you trying to kill my buzz." But I decided to take another tack. I said, "That's fine. As long as I'm getting enough to pay our bills, anyone who wants to do this is welcome to."

I smiled a little inside. Ain't no one gonna break-a my stride!