10 ways to save money on "no budget"

It says no budget instead of a small budget for a few reasons. I personally hate google-ing for money saving ideas only to realize I don't have the money to invest on saving money! Things like energy saving appliances, switching for gas to electric, a wood stove, or even a pressure caner to start canning food.
This post is strictly free ways to save some money. Little things that you can change in your life without coughing up money to do so. Now keep in mind these are ways to lightly save money. Your savings account will not be in the hundreds by the weeks end.

1-cleaning the back of your refrigerator saves money on your energy bill.
2- At night unplug your cable box, router, and wifi.
3-keep unused appliances unplugged as well. No point in keeping your coffee pot on if you aren't using it.
4- Don't forget to unplug your chargers too!!!!
5-Recycle!!!Recycle!! Recycle. Pinterest is a wonderful thing of our age. Old soup cans can be recycled into candle holders, Wine glasses into planters for herbs, and spices.
6- SEEDS! Save your seeds from peppers, watermelon, or even pumpkins when you buy them. Dry them out and save them for planting a garden.
7-Cut up old, out grown, or stained cloths for cleaning rags.
8-Coupons! I can get free shaving creams, shampoos, and conditioners from giant eagle JUST from my weekly ads in the mail. Save them, cut them, and wait till it goes on sale. I see a dollar off shampoo coupon and wait till its on sale for a dollar!
9-Facebook Flee market sites. People are always trying to get rid of things. I have so many play toys outside for the children just by picking up things peoples kids out grew!
10-Pay It Forward. If you find something for free and get rid of it. Give it away. When we help others save some money do others help us as well.

These are helpful little tips not quick money saving ideas. You won't see a dramatic change, but at little change over a long period of time adds up quicker then you think.

Are you struggling to wait patiently on Query letters?

I was sitting here wondering about the amazing writers who inspired me to write, and if they had a hard time getting agents and/or publishing. Did  Beverly Lewis (author of The Heritage of Lancaster County series http://www.beverlylewis.com/books/38-the-heritage-of-lancaster-county-series), or even J K Rowling (author of The Harry Potter books http://www.jkrowling.com/en_US/ ) sit in the same position I am in now?
Did they ever get rejections, or no response back at all? Were they ever afraid to publish their work? Was it a huge success overnight? Was it ever hard for them? The answer is yes.
In fact, J k Rowling is a perfect example. She got a literary agent and her book ( The harry potter book)  was denied by twelve publishing companies! It took about a year before she got a yes.
Beverly Lewis wrote from an early age but didn’t seek to get anything published until her children were all into middle school. Of that, her first work was not an award winning novel, but articles in a magazine.
Most of your favorite authors WERE just like you at some point in their life. Living paycheck to paycheck. Having a day job before their writing career took off. Some of them even on state assistance. Thinking their work, their passion in life, might not be good enough. One thing all great writers have in common is that they never gave up.
You, we, owe it to them to as well to do the same. Never give up when you get denied. Never stop trying to pursue your dreams. Don’t hold on to work in a drawer to nervous to see about publishing.
The worst thing that could happen to you is they say no. Which you are going to get told no. Not everyone is going to like your work.
You are going to send a lot of Query letters. You will research a lot of publishing companies.  You will also get published on e day. You just have to keep trying.

Beginning to write or beginning to do something about it?

I never admitted my work. I never called myself a writer. I refused to believe it could be worth anyones time but my own. Recently, I have gotten past those thoughts. This blog was once something to past time once and a while when they kids were asleep. Now I think I will treat it differently. No one may be following, or even reading this blog, but that doesn’t matter. Writing makes me happy. That’s what it comes down to when you finally decide you want to be a writer. It’s when you realize how much you truly love it. My moment came after I had written so much information I had to separate it into three books. I realized right there that I might actually have a talent of sorts. If anything it was a beautiful way to relax, and enjoy myself. After my first book was finished I looked it over about twenty times, concluded to never let anyone see it, then began my search for publishing. I spent hours learning about Query letters, literary agents, and frowned at the statics of your first book getting published by the first Query letter you send out. I fought myself once again, then sent the first one out there. I got the whole-Your book is not what I am looking for- email. I brushed it off and sent another. I kept looking online and trying to see the best ways to get my work out there for the world. It wasn’t until I followed some advise and purchased The writers Market Deluxe Edition that I saw my mistakes. I realized it wasn’t necessarily the work that got rejected, but the Query letter. I never knew the way I was writing it could be so detrimental to my book. I still have a lot to learn, but I can’t wait to find it all out. If your reading this then you are too. I can’t say I can give too much advice right now since I am beginning to as well. Well, not begin writing, just beginning to do something about it.