Show us two things that should never be together.
Eliminate Work Distractions at Home
There's the second link, as promised. Oh and I also went back and added in all the links I forgot in my last post. It'll will make a heck of a lot more sense that way.
Last month I decide to take myself and my writing abilities more seriously. I have never been the type of person to give myself credit for the things I'm good at. In fact, I have a hard time believing that I'm actually good at anything. So this jump into freelance writing was a huge move for me. I probably would have never had the confidence to try it unless someone very close to me made the simplest, most logical statement I've ever heard. Nope, I'm not going to tell you what it was. Suffice to say, it was the kick in ass that I needed.
First I tried Shared Reviews, but found that it really wasn't a source of income so much as a hobby. To be honest, it was a hobby I didn't particularly enjoy. When I asked about removing my content, I was reminded that they own it. (Lesson 1: read the fine print) But my account is 'suspended' or something because that was all they could do, no canceling of accounts. I earned no actual money from SR, but if you look at my account it shows earnings. That is my list of things to email and discuss with someone in charge.
I am blogging book reviews through Today.com. That was the first time in my life I got paid actually money for writing actual words about actual things. No, seriously. Reading is Sexy! I'm not updating that as much as I'd like to. As I get myself into a stricter regimen, that will change. Just want to brag a tiny bit that Brian Turner (author of Here, Bullet) left a comment on my review and we emailed a bit. Good stuff. Made me feel special. =)
Next step, I applied at Demand Studios. I am currently writing How-to articles through them for eHow.com. Those pay $15 each, which is pretty darned decent. DS owns all rights to that work, but it's worth it to me and for what the articles are.
I had been shying away from the many, many, many sites that pay content writers via page views, ad clicks, or profit-sharing. This morning while digging for How-To articles to write, I finally caved and signed up for Triond.com. I have submitted two articles, one that is not my most prized work ever, but it was my test run. The second one I submitted today hasn't been accepted yet, but I will post a link to it later. Here's the first, test run article. This is a quote from Trion.com about how they pay writers for their content:
"Your earnings are equivalent to 50 percent of the net revenue generated by advertising that appears on the pages alongside your content. The Triond income for each content item is calculated as follows:Earnings = page views * eRPM / 1000
eRPM stands for effective-revenues-per-millennium, or, more simply, the amount of revenue generated for each 1,000 page views."
I am still transcribing for one client also, but that is on hold for the next couple of weeks while I pack and move. More about my impending move to California later - leaving on July 10th, so if it's not up by then...it could be another long break before I'm back to Vox. =)
Show us the very last picture you took. No cheating!
Show us what you're looking forward to in 2008.
[Updated 20 June 2008]
I just took a look back at the things I said I was looking forward to this year. I checked off 4 more. Not bad. Of the items remaining on the list:
– My daughter will be two in about two months.
– One car is paid off, the other will be in two weeks.
– I still cheat on the meat-eating periodically, particularly if there is Italian sausage around.
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I've never cared much for making New Year's Resolutions or anything like that, but there are quite a few things I'm looking forward to this year. Here's is a concise list:
A two-year old.A third anniversary.A new house with more space for aforementioned two-year old.
Better playground proximity.
Not smoking for a year.Running as much as I used to.
Not eating meat for a year.
Having two paid-off cars.Getting a raise.Starting my two-year countdown to ETS.
I'm sure there are more, but those are the big ones that came to mind.
Happy New Year, everyone.
Show us the wallpaper on your cell phone.
Submitted by jacolily.
If you had to write your autobiography in 6 words, what would you write?
Submitted by mitzie.
Good life, Great family, miss work
Who helped make you the cool person you are today?
Submitted by Amy - Sister Brown Hair Surprise.
I was born exuding this upper echelon level of coolness.
How would you like to be remembered?
Submitted by Paulha66.
Wow, great question. See, I believe that life after death consists of the way you are remembered, both mentally (by everyone you have ever interacted with) and genetically. I believe that this is your "soul" and it does live forever, ever widening to include more people in smaller doses.
So, if you have a certain way you want to be remembered you had better start living that way. Being remembered for your ills would be hell!
What did you do for fun when you were a kid? How is it different from what you see kids doing now?
Submitted by jaklumen.
Oh, the differences are too many to compare. We played every sport known and them some. I can remember shoveling snow from the court to play basketball. Hide and Seek games that took up two city blocks. Playing "army" out in the woods all day long, even digging foxholes and setting traps. We had good clean fun, like lighting bags of dog shit on fire on a persons front porch, ringing the doorbell and hiding to watch them stomp it out. Evel Knevil bicycling.
We never lacked for things to do.
