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struggling to pick up work - any ideas?

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Stargazing · 01/07/2008 20:25

I'm a journalist, write mostly lifestyle-y stuff (parenting, weddings, food, travel, homes & interiors) ... kept up work to some extent when dd was born in 2006 but started to phase down when I discovered I wa pg with ds just 7 months later ... ds is now 7 months old and I'm trying to pick up some work again, but in the time I've been out of the loop, 2 of the mags I wrote for have closed, 1 no longer uses freelancers, others have different/ new editorial staff who clearly have their own stable of regular freelancers .. the body of work I've built up doesn't seem to be opening any doors for me and I'm having a slight panic!!
the thing is, I'm a fulltime mum by day and that's not going to change .. all of my writing gets done at night. It's not crucial that I write for mags but I can't seem to think of what else I could turn my pen to - but can't seem to shake this nagging feeling that there's something I'm missing. Any ideas appreciated!!

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woodstock3 · 03/07/2008 22:33

book deal? is there anything you've done before that could be extended into a synopsis for a book?
everyone is cutting back on freelancers at the moment, it is tight budgets all round. but there will probably come a time before too long when they start cutting ftimers if advertising doesnt pick up and then it will be back to the freelances....

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