The Midnight Writers Journal

The holiday season is upon us and I am in an area where it is either pouring rain or frigid outside. Needless to say, it gives me a lot of inner reflection time as I sit in a Starbucks or other public restaurants or coffee houses working on my various freelance assignments.

 Photo Gent and I are still living in our camper van in Wal Mart in Alexandria, Virginia continuing our peace and justice mediation in DC. We attended a meeting on December 9 with the Undersecretary of Agriculture, a meeting that went well while it added to that list of things to do.

Since we have not found a way out of our current dilemma yet, we are living day to day accepting whatever God offers in that day and thankful to be warm, fed and dry. Gratitude is the attitude for this season and we are powerfully reminded by being stranded on the streets of a strange city. What we are doing is seeking opportunities in the area for work and housing, but times are tough for a lot of people to include businesses. So I write, and write, and take more assignments hoping to earn enough this month to effect a difference in our circumstance.

What I realize this past two months since we started this journey is that my blogs have suffered since we were so busy making this three thousand mile trip, now surviving and meeting the obligations politically for which we made this journey while keeping up to other writing assignments.

I also realize that it is a good time to one by one assess my blogs, their status in ranking and progress, how effective the planning is for the outcome, and to get back to my day planner hoping to maintain the focus and keep up the posting to at least twice a week until our situation takes us indoors where this might be easier to handle.

Thanks to all my readers for bearing with me. I have missed many planned posts and obligations and for that I apologize. It is my intention to strive to make some of those up by posting belatedly, and to continue to strive to improve my work daily. It is my hope that this first year of my freelance writing and blogging experience coupled with the peace ambassador work will give me enough insight to be of value to others who would benefit from that information once written.

Reviewing my sites will involve reading through each one to evaluate the content, it's frequency, the sidebars and content, to list projects unfinished and design a plan to follow up on bringing those projects and/or changes to completion. I am looking for feedback on all my blog sites, starting with this one.

What would you like to read about on here? Post a comment here with a link back to your blog and leave your email so we can communicate. Or email themidnightwriter1@gmail.com.

I would like questions to be sent to me or listed on the comments to spur content ideas of value to not just me, but more to my readers, to you. Much of my freelance experience involves many companies, so the next step in the evaluation process will involve assessing those companies, my experience with them, what they offer and then put them in an article for reader critiquing.

Soon to come is a feature on a special woman from Tennesee, Doreen Bryant, a clothing designer with a unique talent and unique recipients of her famed jackets. I will share her personal story on one of my blogs while also writing a review of her work, her blog, her business and her incredibly inspired life. Watch for the feature about Stormee.

Would you like to appear in a review, a feature article or The Midnight Writer's special spotlight? Email or post your comment below. Be sure to include contact information.

Till next time,

The Midnight Writer