September was all about writing the book. The release date should be around mid-November. And hopefully it can become a good Christmas gift and get a few sales in Q4. This report will be boring, I have decided to focus only on freelancing to pay the bills, and on self-publishing to build a stable and growing side-income business.

Data Freelance

Paused.

Data Internships

Paused.

xTopics

Paused. Gotta fix it at some point, but this is not my priority now and it will only be a distraction.

Soccrbets

Paused.

Freelancing

Still doing it, otherwise I won’t be able to put food on the table. I have two clients and I don’t plan to add more. I usually write updates on it a dedicated TG channel.

Publishing

I have written 3 chapters this month. Now the book is at around 85 pages. I plan to write a couple more chapters, that should bring it to 120 pages overall. My main competitors with a Best Selling Rank below 100k wrote books in the 120-200 pages range and I think that should be enough for a beginner’s book.

I have also set up a website to collect readers’ emails and make my small publishing house look a bit more official.

I am still experimenting with ads for my other books. I think I have reached the optimal point, but they are still not really profitable, it might be a question of timing, but anyway the spend is limited and I can afford it.

The cashflow

Time to look at the income for this month (without freelancing).

Another month with a negative return. I welcome these months, it means investment in the future. Let’s hope it pays off. Till the next month!