I’ve spent this past week expanding my writing horizons. Yep, it’s new job time. I very much enjoy the company I write for. My primary company that is, but let’s face it. It’s slave labor. The company…good. The people…great. The pay…what pay? It’s typical, or so I’ve read from my fellow bloggers, coworkers, and assorted writers. I’m convinced that writers belong in the starving artists category. We may even have invented it.
So, it’s for this reason and no other that I have been venturing out into the international world of freelance writing jobs. It’s a big world with many companies all seeking different genres to fill their needs. The pay is about as varied as the writing requests. Take from that what you will.
Looking for a job, especially a freelance writing job, is a job into itself. For such a popular ‘career’, the Internet has yet to catch the wave if you will, of the online needs of a writer. Mind you, neither have many of the employing companies.
Have you read some of their ads? “Looking for part-time content writer. Need someone who can produce at least 8 x 500-word articles in a 7-hour day. They must be perfect. Pay $15 for batch.” Are these guys *&$%* kidding me?!
Weeding out these outlandish companies does not seem possible. It’s not feasible to key in freelance and gosh forbid you key in writer. These are not keywords. These are merely starting points for an avalanche of generalized results. What does one search for then? I am a freelance writer.
As I sit here and complain well, to myself, that I have been housebound for who knows how long (don’t tell me if you know, it will only depress me), I gaze out the window and watch people live their lives while I sit here, laptop ready, and type about mine.
On the lighter side, I’ve been enjoying a few articles from fellow bloggers lately. This morning in particular Intergalactic Writers Inc. made me feel much better about ‘our’ writing world. I saw his use of the word hermitage and smiled. How cheeky is that?
