When I saw the subject of the email, I knew it wasn’t good news.
Call it a gut feeling. ESP. The Holy Spirit. Whatever. I instantly had this sense that something had gone wrong.
And I was right. My main client had second thoughts on writing their life story. Even though they had given the verbal go ahead, even though we had met a few times, even though I had planned the next six months of my life around this project, and even after making the first of six payments, they changed their mind. They didn’t want to do a book after all.
Five months of income down the drain. My main, present source of income. I felt sick to my stomach.
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To read the rest of this, check out my article over at Prodigal Magazine.