Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy? Try Writing! By CeeGee
It was a sunny morning in Freelancetopia. The birds were singing and the flowers were blooming. It was so nice that Princess CeeGee declared it a good day to write. With the royal family away, all of her distractions were gone. Sitting down at her laptop she began unwrapping an enchanted chocolate bar, which contained magical properties that could make a writer very happy! In chocolately bliss, the princess surfed the web until she came across a nasty article titled: "Why Journalists Deserve Low Pay". The princess was no journalist at a newspaper, but she could not help but notice how little a writer's work was valued. She was seeing $2 writing jobs everywhere, even at her favorite jobboards. This made Princess CeeGee very sad, and broke. She was just starting out as a freelancer and couldn't understand why some editors weren't paying reasonable rates. If this kept up, she could not pay the mortgage on the royal palace or buy enchanted chocolate. …