Capturing Chaos

Trying to develop income from writing isn’t a straight and easy path, as the last few days have proved. Some of the things you try work out, and some just don’t.

I found a nice site that pays members to post on forums. Good pay, for that type of writing, the staff seem to know what they’re doing, and their standards are high. So I joined their forum, wrote the requisite number of pre-qualifying posts, and lo! Applications are temporarily closed. The forum is friendly and has enough interesting topics to make it worth posting there, strictly as a leisure-time activity, so I’ll maintain my presence and wait for applications to open up again.

Less cheery is my short experience with DailyArticle, a site that functions as an intermediary between writers and sellers. I joined, mostly because of recommendations on the Associated Content forum, posted one article, and waited. And waited. And waited. The article was marked “available,” but after six days still hadn’t appeared on the site. It was Christmas-related, and it’s now too late for anyone to buy it, so I pulled it and deleted my personal info. I don’t have the patience these days, to deal with screwups.

I’ve also learned from experience, one more time, that a topic you’re interested in isn’t necessarily one you want to be tied to for a long time. So I just posted a brief note on my other today.com blog saying goodbye. I know I’m bad about sticking to limited topic projects, which puts me in the ranks of bloggers who start numerous blogs over the years, and abandon most of them eventually. But you never know which ones will stick until you give it a try.

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