My day job, a freelance marketing writing business, has come to a standstill. Longstanding clients have pulled their writing projects in-house, or cancelled them all together. (I'm still getting some work but the projects are tiny and pay far less than the hourly rate I'm used to). 

Pretty much every day, after working on the new novel or a story (I'm cranking on one at the moment), I apply for projects and jobs on Craig's List. I rarely hear back on these job posts. I can only assume...