I’ve been meaning to put another entry or two in my series of pieces covering the Vancouver International Auto Show, and I fully intend on putting in at least two more before the car exhibition wraps up and jets out of BC Place Stadium this Sunday, but it’s been pretty busy for this lowly freelance writer.

I’ve upped my production over at Mobile Magazine, continuing the trend that I started since first getting employed by the technology news blog nearly six months ago. Last month, I put in over 200 articles for the beast, but at the pace I’m running thus far this month, I’m going to go well over that number even though there are three fewer working days this month. In the past 3 days, I’ve written 46 news pieces for Mobile Magazine… that’s a lot.

To add to that, I’ve been planted with a pretty substantial project over at LoveToKnow Video Games. In addition to my usual load of 20 high quality pieces each month (reviews, cheat codes, news, and the like), every article ever written needs to reviewed, edited and “fixed” for keyword spam and uniformity. SEO (search engine optimization) is not an exact science — far from, actually — so it takes the odd tweak or two to make sure you’re getting the best Google placement. Busy busy busy.

But hey, I’m a glutton for punishment. Although I may technically be considered an employee of the above mentioned companies (strictly speaking, I’m an independent contractor), I like to think of myself as my own boss, because for the most part, I set my own hours and determine my own workload… but because I get paid piece-wise, rather than by the hour, it is in my best interest to take on as much work as possible, and that’s what I end up doing. No guts, no glory… no work,no paycheque.

Until next time — hopefully tomorrow — keep your eyes on the prize and browsers set to michaelkwan.com