Despite what other people may insist on telling you, it’s not very easy finding a writing opportunity online that actually pays. Some freelance writers may make it all sound like such a breeze, but trust me, it’s not.
My foray into online job hunting began two years ago, when my offline resources started to dry up a bit. I was looking for a real job in the physical world when I came upon a job posting that was looking for academic writers. At that time I thought it …

I was out sick over the weekend, hence the delay in posts. No worries, though, because here is a list of the past week’s top writing posts, brought to you by Plotdog.Com. Enjoy!
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Presenting the finest of the writer’s blogs by the bloggers who write them. Highlighting the top 5 posts as chosen by the June 6, 2008 WOOF Contest participants. Want in to join the next WOOF? Submit a link to your best writing post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the link list …

Oh well, you can’t keep a girl from trying.
It’s a little bit like gambling, this addiction to contests, only I don’t have to spend any of my hard-earned money. As I mentioned a while back, contests are the way to go if you want to generate a lot of feedback. As The Net Fool’s recent contest proved, you can really earn a lot of traffic, popularity and readers through prizes.
Lots and lots of prizes.
Now that everyone’s cooking up contests just to beat the competition, what’s a blogger to …

You might have noticed two prominent additions to this website this week.
First, I posted an entry on my inclusion in the W.O.O.F. Contest newsletter of sorts as hosted by Plotdog.Com. Unlike most contests you find in the blogosphere today, WOOF doesn’t actually promise you any of those grand prizes we’ve come to know (and love, of course). What it does, though, is that it allows writers to submit their best articles and creative writing projects for inclusion in a specific week’s newsletter (of sorts). Fellow writers vote …

I finally started that Jobs section I promised. Though it only contains two job opportunities right now, I hope to add more companies and sections in the near future. I say near future, because I’m really swamped with office work (yes, I have a day job), preparations for school (I am finishing my Masters), translation work and content writing. Whew! I feel a bit indestructible when I say it like that, like I’m a superhero or something. Only I’m motivated not by justice, but by …

Yesterday, I received shocking news from someone I didn’t know.
I received notification via Yahoo Messenger that someone wanted to speak to me. Normally, I reject these invitations; yesterday, however, the woman’s YM handle mentioned writing. I was both interested and curious, hence my willingness to chuck the usual paranoia. I accepted the invite and had a short yet shocking chat with the woman.
Did I know a Steve Park? I said, yes, because I had previously worked for him as an academic writer. I found Steve …

My entry made it! Check out the past week’s top five posts from PlotDog Press WOOF.
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These days, one of my biggest freelance writing projects is content writing. It started out with rewriting, actually, then I realized that a lot more money could be made if I actually wrote and sold my original articles. With rewriting, the writer can easily be persuaded to accept a lot less, particularly when the client sells you the “it’s just rearranging words” shtick.
Note to readers: don’t fall for it.
Who needs content writers? First of all, not everyone has the skill and energy to keep up a website …

As you know, I’m pretty much a rookie when it comes to paid blogging. I’ve been a blogger for nearly three years, but my foray into the world of paid blogging began just a few weeks back, right after I signed up for PayPerPost. But since I’m a newbie, my steps have been quite wobbly, and I’m not always sure if I’m doing this right.
Enter IZEA’s latest brain child: SocialSpark. IZEA is the parent company behind the ever popular PayPerPost, and it’s different in the sense that …