Not Paid Per the Word, But Still Pretty Rockin’
July 24th, 2008 at 2:18 PM by Min
Hey, Fellow Amicks! I hope all has been going well for everyone. Tyler doesn’t really fill me in on the latest details (but is that really surprising?), so for all I know the old home is full of cobwebs and bats and you added five more dogs to the pack. Though I must admit, a pack of eight dogs would be pretty awesome. Who needs cars when you have eight crazy spaniels?
So what’s happened with me? Well, a lot of small, boring details. Nothing that fun. You’re not really missing out on much. Oh, but I did get my first ever 100% written-by-me article published at MSN Shopping last month. It’s not a big revenue-driver, being about container gardening, but it was still exciting to have the opportunity to write about something fun and have it promoted on the MSN homepage last month. In case you’d like to read it (even though it’s designed to sell a product rather than blow your mind), here’s the article: “Itsy Bitsy Gardens.”
Oh, and that title—not mine. Something along the lines of “5 Themed Container Gardens” was apparently too boring. The same goes for “Fall Fashion 2008 Preview” or “Fall Fashion 2008,” which goes live in a few hours under the name “Sneak Peek: Fall Fashion 2008.” But at least this bad boy will most certainly be a huge revenue-driver, and I can soon brag about how I wrote an article read by x thousand people that made xx thousand dollars.
3 days, 2 hours later
Nice, way to go Min!
3 days, 20 hours later
Danke, Dieter.
4 days, 17 hours later
Wow Mindy This is so cool to see your name in print to say nothing of the writing it is so wonderful understanding easy to grasp what you’re trying to say I really love the itsy bitsy garden so how come you don’t get paid. You have so much talent I love your writing! love Alexandra P.S. We should be going to Brewster Wa to visit Mason I think I will take Brewster (the spaniel) with us but I will board Monty and Duncan here in Hood River, amazingly there is a really nice kennel at the end of our main road.
5 days, 2 hours later
Excellent. Making lemonade out of lemons (the job @ MS).
Looks like I may be doing some contract work myself starting in Sept. Any advice?
7 days, 9 hours later
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I think this is Hugh that wrote this not Alexandra.