I have posted before about my annoyance at people who ask me to create free samples for them, when I have many samples available on the Internet. It’s a rude and unreasonable thing to ask. On Elance (and I think oDesk but I haven’t checked), it’s against the TOS to require or offer free work, [...]
I received a friend request on facebook from Literary Showcase (literaryshowcase.com). It’s a place to upload samples in one place, where only registered publishers can see them. On the surface, this seems like a good idea because uploading your sample supposedly allows many publishers to see it instead of sending out multiple queries, and you’re [...]
Some people like to do a complete outline of whatever they’re going to write before they actually start writing. I don’t like to do that–I like to just get down to business, although I usually have an informal outline in my head. However, sometimes I sit down to write a 1200-2000 word article and stress [...]
Michy referred me to a site this morning that I think has a lot of potential. It’s called YouPublish, and it is a site that allows you to post your work, either for free or for a charge. They keep 50% of the proceeds…but hey, that’s a lot less than traditional publishers! This is pretty [...]
If you live in the Sacramento, California area, you are probably familiar with Garbeau’s Dinner Theatre. Sadly, they are in danger of closing! Here is a note from one of the owners: Urgent and amazing news on Garbeau’s!! We have a final deadline and a final goal!! If we make $8,000 by Monday, March 16th, [...]
I mentioned some time ago that I decided to start writing for Helium. I didn’t do a lot there until they started paying small up-front payments and empty title bonuses in December–at which point I started writing a lot more. I decided to write enough to earn $25 per month, which is the minimum payout. [...]