Thursday, December 11, 2008

I need your help with a magazine article

So the other night a poster on a message board gave me a brilliant idea. She thought I should write a blog on the people you run into on the web, and I took it a step further and queried a magazine and wouldn't you know it, I heard back right away from a magazine interested in the premise. The idea is for me to follow several boards (I already do) and basically write about the posters. Obviously, I won't use real names. So I prepared a little questionaire for anybody who would like to help me out. We are lucky on this board that we have a pm feature, so nobody would have to worry about their email address. However, if you would prefer, I've set up a disposable email address to send to. The address is messageboardlori-survey@yahoo.com Please answer the questions in whatever way you interpret the questions to mean. Obviously, there is no right or wrong way. Again, no names will be used. If I need to use a name I'll make one up. I thank you all in advance for your help. Here are the questions:
1. Who are you?
2. How old are you?
3. Where do you post from?
4. Why do you post?
5. What is your favorite website?
6. What is your favorite all time thread?
7. How many people have you met in person after meeting on a message board?
8. How long have you been posting?
9. How many boards do you regularly post on?
10. Tell me something you want me to know.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Aboutfreelancewriting.com

While this website isn't exactly a venue, I have made more money from this particular website than I have all of the others put together. The owner of the site is Anne Wayman. She is an incredibly generous person. Three times a week she puts out a list of available writing jobs. The jobs are listed on various sites, and she puts them all together in one nice list. There are also tips for landing freelance jobs. One particular story this week is on getting paid for your writing. Let's face it, we are professional writers and should be treated as such. So many offers out there are insulting. Anyway, as I was saying this is a website you must bookmark. Also, sign up for her email newsletter to get that list of gigs three times a week. Then you can be in direct competition with me! If you do go to her site and get on her email list, and land one of the gigs, please come back here and brag about it! Also, if you go over there please leave a comment and let them know that I sent you! Thanks and good luck landing that gig!!!