Author: Kayla Lords

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Smutlancer Monthly Income Report: April 2019

April was the most relaxing month I’ve had all year. I began 2019 with big projects and then moved right into focusing on Eroticon. After getting back from London, John Brownstone and I turned our attention to getting ready to sell our condo and move at the end of May. Somehow, someway, work felt slower in April, but income increased. Part of that could be because most of it came from work I did the month before. All of that to say, I don’t know if this is the start of an income increase or if it’s a blip on...

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Dealing With Your Own High Expectations

For anyone else who berates yourself for not doing enough, for failing, for setting impossible goals you can never meet, maybe we didn’t fail and quite possibly we do exactly enough. And maybe the real problem is that we expect way too much of ourselves.

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Instead of Relying on Social Media, Build an Email List Instead

In the on-going censorship of anything sexual on social media, a lot of creators are left wondering what they’re supposed to do once all the social media platforms kick us off. How are we supposed to share our content and grow our audience? Setting aside the obvious idea that sex and pleasure are natural and legal and that censorship of our content is wrong, it’s hard to know what to do. These platforms are owned by companies who get to make their own rules (no matter how ridiculous or hypocritical they may be). We’re playing in their sandbox and until...

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Smutlancer Profile: Girl on the Net

Girl on the Net is the first smutlancer featured as part of the smutlancer profile series. She answered all of my invasive questions to share with you what she does and how she does it. Want to know what it means to be a smutlancer? Here’s how GOTN does it.

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Smutlancer Monthly Income Report: March 2019

I’m honestly not sure where March went, other than seven glorious days of being in London for Eroticon. I haven’t peeked at the credit card statement yet to see just how bad it was. But my growing philosophy in life is that I work too damn hard not to enjoy myself from time to time. London was definitely a splurge — and worth it. Also, according to my new and kinky tax accountant, a write-off. Okay, let’s get into the March 2019 income report. March 2019 Income My March income is primarily based on work completed in February. I bill...

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4 Things I Do When Imposter Syndrome Strikes

Even after all these years as a freelancer and a sex blogger, imposter syndrome kicks my butt (though not as much as it once did). No method is perfect, and I’m not “cured” but if it can help someone else, here’s what I do when self-doubt kicks in.