Ok, that was an understatement. Haven't looked for new writing leads in quite a while, and no new writing leads= no update for my list, which is the main reason I update this blog.
Been taking a look at Listverse. It's a site where you get paid $100 to write a list containing at least(pun unintended) 10 items and a minimum of 1500 words.
I haven't tried submitting to them yet, but I expect them to be looking for "click bait" topics. There's apparently also a bonus if you manage to write a popular article.
So far, it looks promising enough to add to my list.
Why is the date for this post set way in the future? When I started this post back in 2008, I wanted this post to be at the top of my blog. Since the more recent blog posts appear higher at the top, I hit on the idea of setting this blog post way in the future. (In hindsight, this was a rather inelegant solution.) What is Iakul's List ? I stumbled into online freelance writing back in 2008. Started complying a list of sites where I could get paid to write, and hence Iakul's List was created. Is Iakul's List still being updated? I used to investigate a site quite thoroughly before I was willing to put it on my list. It took a lot of time and effort, which at this point simply isn't worth my while to expend. However, I'm still unwilling to compromise on the checks I put a site through. I do still plan to update and add new sites to Iakul's List, but expect my updates to be more sporadic. Quite a number of the site descriptions are also outdated, and...
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