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manjula martin @manjula.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

In today’s Scratch newsletter, we’re talking $$$ as self-employed writers — income, expenses, debt, care work, insurance, day jobs, exhaustion, and the unquantifiable ways in which we feed our hearts: www.talkscratch.com/the-group-ch...

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Image of text - dialogue between Maggie and Manjula and Latria about care work, and the choices freelancers have to make re providing care vs working

Image of text - chat transcript of Manjula Martin discussing ways in which she could have made more money from her writing work but didn’t because “the thought of doing that honestly just kind of made me want to die”

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Scratch @talkscratch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Writers of Bsky: Scratch is back! You can read our announcement post about why/what that means below. We don’t plan on being very active on social media, but that could change in the future. For now, the best way to keep up with us is to subscribe on our website. www.talkscratch.com/the-new-scra...

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How is anyone who writes making any money right now?

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