Thursday, June 21, 2007
$3.06 per word?
I am swingin' for the fences! I just submitted a short thing to Reader's Digest, which pays up to $300 for up to 100 words.
Let's do some timeses and gasentas ...
I turned in 98 words. That's $3.06 per word, if they accept it and pay their top dollar. And that would be a record for me.
Several years ago, I wrote forewords for two of the "Complete Idiot's Guide" books -- 500 words each, for $500 each -- $1 per word.
Words come cheap. I know, because not only do I get paid for writin' in the RW, but I also pay freelancers.
A dollar a word is exceptional -- and $3.06 per word would be a lifetime achievement!
--ER
Let's do some timeses and gasentas ...
I turned in 98 words. That's $3.06 per word, if they accept it and pay their top dollar. And that would be a record for me.
Several years ago, I wrote forewords for two of the "Complete Idiot's Guide" books -- 500 words each, for $500 each -- $1 per word.
Words come cheap. I know, because not only do I get paid for writin' in the RW, but I also pay freelancers.
A dollar a word is exceptional -- and $3.06 per word would be a lifetime achievement!
--ER
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Trixie, you're assuming RD will publish ER's blurb. And they might because he's a good writer, but they receive thousands of items a year. Back in the 80's, it was nearly 10,000 a year. Lord only knows how many it receives now. So let's not hate him unless he gets published.
Then we can hate the living daylights out of him.
Then we can hate the living daylights out of him.
Hate is so strong a word.
How about, um, well . . .
Hold on a minute . . .
Quiet! I'm thinking!
OK, hate's good;)
How about, um, well . . .
Hold on a minute . . .
Quiet! I'm thinking!
OK, hate's good;)
Tech, you are correct... I will withdraw my premature hate, but it will be right here on this shelf, real handy, just in case...
Ahh, but if we just read the forewords in all the Idiot guides, eliminate anyone who appears to be a woman or not a white male in the early 40s range, compare writing styles, consider the topics for which you might be qualified to write...
We could figure this out!
Unmask the ol' Lone Ranger!
Now, how many Idiot Guides are there?
We could figure this out!
Unmask the ol' Lone Ranger!
Now, how many Idiot Guides are there?
By my count at the Complete Idiot website, there appears to be about 700 titles out there. If we each just find and read 100, we can knock this out...
Who's with me!?
Ol' Spidey won't be so tough-talkin' when we know where he lives and find his Aunt May! bwa-ha-ha!!!
Who's with me!?
Ol' Spidey won't be so tough-talkin' when we know where he lives and find his Aunt May! bwa-ha-ha!!!
Actually, Dan, if you had read my blog any at all a few years ago, you would have unmasked ER as he is mentioned in his civilian identity, but not linked with being ER. Since that time, ER has let enough hints leak here about his regular job that you could put two and two together. However, by unmasking ER, you would unmask several other people from our hometown who choose to remain anon due to the need to hide from creditors, the FBI, the mob, aliens, and angry exes. Do you really want that sort of grief? :)
(It's the Idiot's Guide to Sex and the Idiot's Guide to Coming Out to Your Family and Friends. No, really it is.)
(It's the Idiot's Guide to Sex and the Idiot's Guide to Coming Out to Your Family and Friends. No, really it is.)
Selling out to the far right for a measily $3.06 per word. I bet Rush gets paid more than that.
I don't know one of the Idiot Guides titles, but one is : Turning your Wildest Fantasies into Consumate Realities. The other may be the :Complete Guide to Male Wicca Rituals
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I don't know one of the Idiot Guides titles, but one is : Turning your Wildest Fantasies into Consumate Realities. The other may be the :Complete Guide to Male Wicca Rituals
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