Dear Angela, I wrote a series of short articles for a national parenting website a couple of years ago. I was paid for first time use. Last week, an agency asked me for permission to use my articles as training resources for their prospective clients (as required by law in their state). They did not offer any payment.
Actor Jim Carrey says desperation drove him into show business. Years ago he needed money and he knew how to make people laugh so he forced himself onto the stage at the comedy club, despite the inevitable rejection that would initially accompany his amateur attempts. Sometimes he admittedly stunk up the place but he kept going until he became one of the most successful comedians in Hollywood history.
M.D. News / mdnews.com / Travis Barrington /
Sunshine Media / sunshinemedia.com – Writer alleges they owe her $420. They did not respond to WritersWeekly.
Pet Publishing – More writers get paid.
standupandcook.com / stand up & cook – Charges $25 to contribute! Ha ha ha!!!
I’m writing this on Tuesday. We’re preparing for the blizzard, which should start on Wednesday morning. We’re supposed to get 8-14 inches of snow and the wind chills are supposed to be -20 – -40. Brrr! We’re sure there won’t be any school tomorrow, so the children are in a festive mood.
I frequently receive emails from readers asking for advice on how we balance working at home with our home life. Here’s the latest letter I received:
I wanted to let you know what a great resource your weekly newsletter is to me and how eagerly I anticipate it in my e-mail inbox. Thank you for providing such a wonderful tool for anyone who will sign up to receive it. I am especially inspired by your personal stories from home, and I hoped you would share some tips on how you organize your day and get everything done. It seems amazing to me that you can manage a family (especially a young baby) and demanding (albeit rewarding) work and not be overwhelmed.
Thank you, Amy
You don’t have to be a graduate of dear old Alma Mater U. to write articles for their alumni magazine. That’s good news for freelance writers because alumni magazines, particularly those of major universities, offer financially rewarding markets with the opportunity to write several different types of articles. There’s more good news; according to the National Directory of Magazines, in 2005 there were 971 U.S. and Canadian alumni magazines, an increase of 268 from 1995.
Angela, this one has been bothering me for over three years. Now that I know more about how the writing game works, I am ready to confess my great shame.
A few summers back, I had an idea for an article. I had never written for anything but my own journal and close friends, but I wanted to try my hand at writing and I wrote the article. I then phoned the local community paper and asked if they would be interested in a piece on “wee gardeners” about children helping with the family garden. They liked the idea and told me to email it to the newspaper. Well, I did just that, and it appeared in the following issue. A few weeks later I wrote another article about “crafts for Kids”. I heard nothing back from them, yet that, too, appeared in the paper.
I hate to say it, but I didn’t know what a blog was until two years ago when a friend asked me to read a post from someone’s online journal. At first, I couldn’t see the purpose in blogging. I thought it was “giving your work away” and I’d done too much of that as a naive, beginning writer to want to go there again. Then I thought to myself, “Blogging could actually be fun. I could keep up-to-date with long distant friends and write about whatever comes to mind.”
Haute Living Magazine / HauteLiving.com / Seth Semilof / Kamal Hotchandani – ANOTHER COMPLAINT
Pet Publishing / petpublishing.com – Publisher of Dog & Kennel Magazine / dogandkennel.com, Cats & Kittens Magazine / catsandkittens.com and Bird Times Magazine / birdtimes.com – Finally paying writers after a phone call from the police?
premierefiction.com / Terracopiae Press – SPAMMERS!
