tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606077175041733164.post178848350982163822..comments2023-06-01T09:40:13.376-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: Day 272John Sealanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02274175002075606971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606077175041733164.post-47964677974417607212010-09-14T14:16:56.287-05:002010-09-14T14:16:56.287-05:00John- Well, if I could find any other way to make ...John- Well, if I could find any other way to make money, I wouldn't do it, but when I need cash right now, to pay the bills, it has to do. Trying to promote book sales ( which don't pay expenses, only the printing of the book yet, but I'm getting close to having that paid), hoping to get sales of eBooks built up slowly, will have some fiction bringing in diddly-squat royalties (but something) soon. Hoping against hope that the proposal I sent last week will be the BEST of the lot, and then I'll be busy and have money for 2 years!Sharkbyteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139935335209860357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606077175041733164.post-41200999674729638982010-09-14T13:41:44.696-05:002010-09-14T13:41:44.696-05:00Online writing assignments are a joke. Don't w...Online writing assignments are a joke. Don't waste your time with them. <br /><br />Even traditional editorial assignments for magazines and newspapers don't pay enough to live on these days. You have to be a Dave Barry or Andy Rooney before you can make any money as a print media columnist. It's only going to get worse in the future too. Just compare how thick your daily newspaper was ten years ago with how thick it is today. Newspapers are dying.<br /><br />Advertising copywriters still do OK though, I think writing TV commercials pays the best, although you can do quite well writing annual reports for Fortune 500 companies too. <br /><br />Even advertising writing is on the decline though. Nobody reads anymore.John Sealanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02274175002075606971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606077175041733164.post-58571812164622757172010-09-14T07:44:17.929-05:002010-09-14T07:44:17.929-05:00"writing pays much better than designing webs..."writing pays much better than designing websites." Ha! Depends on who's paying. Most online writing assignments pay pennies. I write a 500-word monthly column for my paper, and only get $20 for it.Sharkbytes (TM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08379841586422814410noreply@blogger.com