Whoa, a whole week without an update? that's unacceptable!
So, yeah, I got my car back. Sweet.
Yet to hear anything from unemployment as whether or not I still have benefits.
I went to the interview on Sunday. The moment I told the guy I was a writer, he immediately that I would make more money in their Ad division. So now I'm waiting the leader of the Ad division to give me a call for an interview.
I did a couple of days as a salesman selling alarm system and decided its not for me. It's commission and the area that we were walking already had systems installing in most of their houses.
I got nothing otherwise.
Sorry about the vast display of boring.
So, yeah, I got my car back. Sweet.
Yet to hear anything from unemployment as whether or not I still have benefits.
I went to the interview on Sunday. The moment I told the guy I was a writer, he immediately that I would make more money in their Ad division. So now I'm waiting the leader of the Ad division to give me a call for an interview.
I did a couple of days as a salesman selling alarm system and decided its not for me. It's commission and the area that we were walking already had systems installing in most of their houses.
I got nothing otherwise.
Sorry about the vast display of boring.
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The Writer and Writer's Digest often feature tips on article writing and have a short list of publications (which change with the theme of the issue).
With freelance work, it helps to know how to do an invoice and to ask for a writer's contract, as well as how to craft a short article query where you outline your work, include a few clips , show that you are familar with the type of articles the publication accepts, as well as how your article will attract readers .
I've only had one issue so far. I had an article accepted, signed the contract and sent the invoice (I also had a history of e-mail correspondence with the editor who accepted the piece). Several months had passed without payment and I had made several attemps to contact the editor. I was finally able to contact someone by phone who told me they just found my information on the editor's computer, since they just got the password for his PC (I still don't know what happened to the guy but I did end up getting paid).
Currently I'm a librarian. I am still writing, but my submissions have more of an academic bent, due to the nature of my work. I l ove writing, but publications often pay by word-so infrequent $50-$100 checks (I needed a steadier paycheck, and went back to school for my MLIS, so it's become, not a secondary job, but a job that's been incorporated into my new one). I planned on grad school and new that freelance would not be my primary source of work/income.
I hope this answers some of your questions.