Woo, I Met My Deadline For Tonight.

Photo Credit: Pixabay.
@tammys85 (31395)
Baltimore, Maryland
February 16, 2022 6:06pm CST
I mean, I wasn't really worried about my deadline because I always meet my deadlines, but I still like to be careful about it. But, that order was due close to 9pm, so I got it submitted with a few hours to spare. Now, I'm going to work on three 250-word orders and one 90-word order, and then I'm planning to relax for the rest of the night. It's not as much work as I'd LIKE to do, but I'm being realistic with the time and my focus. I'll work my way up to doing more a day again. To quote one of my favorite movies, Labyrinth, "The way forward is sometimes the way back." Welp, let's continue being productive. :) Photo Credit: Pixabay.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Feb 22
Sounds interesting. Who do you write for?
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
17 Feb 22
Various clients through Textbroker and Fiverr.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Feb 22
@tammys85 I’ve read about them but rumors are they often have you rewrite several times and still often don’t accept the work. But you must have a good relationship with them or you wouldn’t stay with them.
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
18 Feb 22
@RubyHawk Textbroker? It depends on the clients. I typically don't do revision requests on TB unless it's very minor (i.e., a typo, or if I'm doing multiple orders for a client and the text is too similar, as that's my fault) because I never know who may or may not be shady, and my time is valuable. But I've been with them since 2011, and most of my clients have been good. Plus, you can always blacklist any clients who seem shady or whatnot. I did do a few short orders (on TB) many years ago, in which the client sent back revision requests with the comment, "I could've written these myself" - or something along those lines. I WANTED to respond with, "Then why didn't you?", but I had to be professional lol. So I apologized for not being able to help and dropped ALL of their orders back into the order pool. So thanks to their disrespectful attitude, they were going to have to wait for another author to pick those orders up. It was a giant waste of my time, so I'm more careful about that stuff these days. On Fiverr, my gigs state that I offer 3 revisions (by that third one, I'm probably not gonna get it right, and time is being wasted). My clients are mostly reasonable though, never a complete re-write or anything. I had one run-in where no matter what I did, I couldn't please this client, and it wasn't worth the stress when this particular order was $5, so we agreed to part ways (I initiated that one), and the order was canceled and they got a refund. They never contacted me again, and I would've turned the work down anyway. I've learned over the years to be a bit picky on the work I accept and the revisions because some of them are a waste of time that can be used doing other work. And I have enough trouble with time management as it is. Also, if you ever feel a client is stealing your work after rejecting it (because they CAN'T keep the rights), report them to Textbroker, Fiverr or whatever platform. I'm sorry that was so long. I really need to go to bed lol.
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@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
17 Feb 22
Congratulations and keep it up!
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
23 Feb 22
Thank you so much!
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@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
23 Feb 22
@tammys85 You are very much welcome.
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@kaylachan (84711)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Feb 22
Congrats on that, and happy working!
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
23 Feb 22
Thank you so much!
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@kaylachan (84711)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Feb 22
@tammys85 You're very welcome.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
17 Feb 22
Great effort. Glad you have some time to spare.
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
23 Feb 22
@DWDavis That's totally understandable. I have times when I'm not around on here myself. I'm glad you're doing well!
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
23 Feb 22
Thank you so much! I haven't seen you around here in a bit. How are you?
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
23 Feb 22
@tammys85 I've been well. Just very busy with school and writing and such. Things finally quieted down enough for me to have some time to spend here on the site.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Feb 22
I'm not writing to earn a living, just enjoying what I'm doing on Textbroker.
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
17 Feb 22
I enjoy it, but I'm also writing to earn a living.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Feb 22
@tammys85 If I earn $50 a month, I'm very happy:)
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@askme123 (6223)
18 Feb 22
@tammys85 What is the rate there?
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@Hytton03 (5449)
• Philippines
17 Feb 22
Happy to hear that. Keep it up.
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
23 Feb 22
Thank you very much!
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@Hytton03 (5449)
• Philippines
24 Feb 22
@tammys85 welcome
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@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Feb 22
Good for you, I hit a stumbling block on my writing assignments, I sent in two finished for review, He says they need to be corrected according to his instruction he sends them to me I download and look but no instruction, Now I told him to get back to me and in the meantime since there are 8 more assignment I will keep working on them I guess it is easier to correct than to write from scratch, I wish you the best of luck with yours,
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
23 Feb 22
Ugh, I hate it when clients don't provide everything or take forever to answer. Our time is valuable too.
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@franxav (14588)
• India
17 Feb 22
That surely is success.
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@tammys85 (31395)
• Baltimore, Maryland
23 Feb 22
Thank you!