The Smutlancers

Author: Kayla Lords

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e[lust] 113

Photo courtesy of Quinn Rhodes Welcome to Elust 113– The only place where the smartest and hottest sex bloggers are featured under one roof every month. Whether you’re looking for sex journalism, erotic writing, relationship advice or kinky discussions it’ll be here at Elust. Want to be included in Elust #114? Start with the rules, come back January1st to submit something and subscribe to the RSS feed for updates!   ~ This Month’s Top Three Posts ~ The Source of Control Town Use FOMO is NOT how my vagina feels about sex. ~ Featured Post (Molly’s Picks) ~ The Weight...

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Episodes

Goal Setting for a New Year

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In this week’s episode — before I take two weeks off for the holidays — let’s talk about setting goals for next year that help you succeed. We’ve talked about goals in the past, but this conversation is about how you approach your goals so you have a better chance of achieving them. This week’s episode is brought to you by Blubrry, a podcasting hosting solution. I was sick last week so no episode and on vacation for the next two weeks so no episodes. I will return on January 9, 2019. The end of year is a time to...

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Erotic Authors / Freelancers / Sex Bloggers/Sex Toy Reviewers / Smutlancer Life

3 Downloadable Tools to Track Your Smutlancer Income

There was a time when I didn’t like spreadsheets, and I really didn’t understand why anyone would ever use them. Every time I looked at them, I just saw blocks and lines. And all the different functions made me break out into a sweat. Give me an empty Word Doc! Oh, how times have changed. Back in 2015, I came across an article for freelance writers that talked about tracking your work by spreadsheet, and I was hooked. Of the three tools I’m sharing today, one is something I’ve used every single day for three years. One is something I...

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Deciding If It’s Time to Quit Your Day Job

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This week’s topic was inspired by a conversation I recently had with Amy Norton of Coffee and Kink. How do you know when it’s the right time to quit your day job and become a full time smutlancer? I wish there was an easy answer, but life is never that simple. This is a really big conversation, and just the three points I chose to focus on took longer than normal. We’ll definitely come back to this topic, and if you’ve got questions, let me know — it might help me know where to begin when we talk about this...

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Income Report

Smutlancer Monthly Income Report: November 2018

Very quickly you’ll see that November was a very good month in my smutlancer life. One client doubled the work they wanted me to do and increased my pay to match that additional work. I knew it was coming but this was the first month I felt the increase. More money comes with more responsibilities, and my mental health took a hit this past month. But I made it, and here are the results! November 2018 Income My November income is primarily based on work completed in October. I bill clients on the last day of every month, and they...

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The Big Fling

**Full disclosure, I onceworked as the editor-in-chief of The Big Fling. “Here at The Big Fling, our mission is to fight toxic masculinity in dating, hookups, and relationships. We don’t care who you love or how you love, as long as it’s healthy, positive, and consensual.” URL: www.thebigfling.com Payment: Yes. $50 per published piece. Submission Information: “We’re building a community of writers to share your perspective, tips, tricks, advice, and personal stories. If you’ve got a perspective on sex, dating, sexuality, gender, kink, non-monogamy, and more, pitch us your idea!” Pitch Information: Send your pitch by email. Read the guidelines to...

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Episodes

Finding Your Own Path

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In this week’s episode, I want to encourage everyone to stop worrying about what “everyone” does or that “no one” does the thing you want to try. As a freelancer, a sex blogger, a creative person of any kind, the best thing we can ever do is find and follow our own path. Even if it doesn’t look like what anyone else seems to be doing. In this episode: This week’s episode is brought to you by Blubrry, a podcasting hosting solution. Many of us want to do what’s right, but that means we get stuck in doing what other...

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Smutlancer Life

Smutlancer Privacy and Anonymity on Social Media

How private should you keep your information online? How anonymous do you want to be? I won’t pretend to have the answers to either of these questions. The reality is that we all have to decide for ourselves how out and open we want to be — and how safe we feel. But every time I think I’ve found the right level of privacy and anonymity in this smutlancer life versus being out and open, something happens to knock me back a little. So I’m not sure how much of this is advice and how much is just me processing,...

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Being Thankful as a Smutlancer and Sex Blogger

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Thanksgiving is nearly here for the U.S., and it’s a time when many of us start thinking about what we’re thankful for. While there are a lot of legitimate challenges and dumpster fires in the world, there are things we can be grateful for, too. If we don’t hold onto the bright spots where we can find them, it’s easy to think all is lost. In this episode, I let my optimistic side out for a bit and share what I believe most of us can be thankful for as smutlancers and sex bloggers. In this episode: This week’s episode...

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29 Things You Can Do to Help Grow Your Audience: Maintenance Edition

Anyone in the mood for actionable tips? I love having higher level, philosophic conversations, but sometimes it’s nice to have a checklist of things to do. Especially if it helps you achieve your sex blogging goals, even if in subtle ways. So, in no particular order, here are some things you can do right now (or check that you’ve done them) to improve your blog or your social media presence. These things help new people figure out who you are and what you’re about. When they know that, it’s easier for them to follow you, growing your audience as a...