Iakul's Freelance Writing Musings

Added a couple of sites under the Blogs and Forums section. There's Writing For Dollars , which isn't exactly a blog or forum, but I guess that's the section that fits it best. This kind of made me realise that I don't have a section for informative sites that are not blogs or forums. Writing For Dollars certainly has a wealth of information, which includes tips and advice, job listings, and a whole lot more. The other one's WAHMs WHo Write . I have to admit that I have been late in adding this one, mainly because I'm not a WAHM (Work at Home Mom). Still the leads and information in this forum are relevant to all writers, even if you aren't a WAHM.

Well, as I prmosied in my previous blog post, I addded two new sites to the list. First one's Firehow , under "Sites which specialise in certain writing categories". It's a how-to article website, and it only pays US residents. The next one's Redgage . While technically it does pay non-US residents, there's a cap of on earnings that they don't mention anywhere on their site. I'll explain. Redgage pays via the Redgage card, a card that they ship to you when you have earned your first $25. THey charge $5 for the shipping. From then on, you withdraw from Redgage via your card. Here's the catch. After your first transfer, you'll have to register with a giftcards site, which you won't be able to unless you are a US resident. And no, you don't have to withdraw when you have made $25. They allow you to withdraw in increments of $25, which given the "invisible cap" they have imposed, means that you are actually better off holding your...

Updated description for Associated Content, since they changed their policy regarding international payments. Took out EHow from list, since they got taken over by Demand Studios. I knew about it soon after it happened, but forgot EHow was on my list and so didn't update it. Doh. Updated description for Demand Studios, since they do accept international applicants now. Leo9 left a commnet mentioning a site called Write For Me. If it's the site that I think it is, it isn't exactly a site where you can find work, and it's more a personal site for a writer rather than a site offering information for writers. That's not to say that writers and would-be writers can't pick up anything useful from there, just that I don't think the focus of the site itself fits with my list, so I'm not going to add it. babygirl3605 mentioned Redgage That's one of the sites I have been planning to take a look at(the other one's Firehow). I do appreciate the heads up ...

Two new revenue sharing sites, Factoidz and Infobarrel added to the list under "sites which let you earn passive income". Thanks to AnneM for telling me about Infobarrel.

Just realised that I missed Absolute Write back when I split the "Forums and Blogs" from the rest of the "Sites Where Publishers Will Post Job Requests" section (which was months ago). Have shifted it to the "Forums and Blogs" section.

I forgot to add this in with the rest of my updates, so I'm going to mention this in a seperate post. AOL should be a name that most of us have heard of. They recently set up Seed , which to quote from their About Us page "assigns, buys and distributes work for all of AOL's properties: more than 80 of the Web's most highly trafficked and respected websites, including the world's leading sites for music, style, TV, tech and more." Most of the article requests from Seed are paying around 30 USD for a word range of 400-500 words, although I have seen some that are paying a few hundred USD. That certainly looks attractive. Two points to take note of though. 1.Quite a number of the members on the writers' forums I visit have raised concerns about Seed. OF course, it may turn out that there's nothing to be worried about, and so far, Seed has not done anything to worry me, but it's still something to keep in mind. 2. Seed only pays US residents. Which unf...

A belated happy new year to my readers (I hope I still have readers :P, since it been more than a month since my last post) Looks like it's been more than a month since my last post. Anyway, here's some updates. Did some spring cleaning on my list and cleaned up a few dead links. It appears some of the sites are no longer in business. In my last update, I mentioned that I was taking Review Stream off the list. Have been doing some digging around to see what I could find out about then since then and what I have found out appears to support my decision. For those of you interested in just what it was that I found out, here's the link to the article below. http://writinghood.com/writing/review-stream-opportunity-or-scam/

Just a very minor update. Took Review Stream off the list because of a number of reasons.They are poorly set up, their criteria for accepting reviews is non-existant, and there are quite a number of other complaints about them by writers. There are also a number of writers who have previously written for them claiming that their account was closed when they had almost reached the payout of $50, or claiming that they suddenly started getting paid at the bulk rate of $0.40 after they have requested payout. In light of all these, I'm taking Review Stream off.

Well, after planning to make changes to the list sometime in March , I somehow managed to procrastinate and put it off till now. Nothing new added or removed(for now). Just moved some sites from the "Sites Where Publishers Will Post Job Requests" section into a new "Blogs and Forums" section.

Added Bianca Raven's blog ( http://ravens-writing.blogspot.com/ ) and Athlyn Green's blog ( http://www.writeandearnaliving.com/ ) to the list under the "Sites Where Publishers Will Post Jobs Requests" section. Both are freelance writers with years of experience and they do post writing leads on their blogs. Athlyn Green's writing leads are quite frequent, and you can view them via a JobThread widget she displays on her blog. While Bianca Raven's writing leads are less frequent, she does focus on high paying gigs which she'll cover in detail in a blog entry. I'm planning to split the "Sites Where Publishers Will Post Job Requests" section, since it appears to have grown quite long, and quite a number of sites are not exactly sites "where publishers will post job requests". Probably into a blog/forum section for those sites where you can find writing leads and a true "Sites Where Publishers Will Post Job Requests" section fo...

Updated the descriptions for most of the sites under "Sites Where publishers will post job requests" Should have done that a long time ago, but I kept putting it off. Renamed "Sites which offer a one time payment for articles" section to "Sites which pay upfront for articles" Moved Bright Hub up to "Sites which pay upfront for articles"

A list I complied of freelance writing sites. I haven't checked all of them out yet. Have yet to decide whether I'm going to add sites like Get A Freelancer to the list or start a seperate list for them. Will be updating this and moving this all the way to the front whenever I find more sites Sites which offer a one time payment for articles Constant Content A site where writers can showcase their articles with a preset price tag and have interested publishers buy them. Has strict standards for submitations (free of grammar mistakes etc) so check to make sure that you are submitting a flawless article. Demand Studios Offers upfront payments for articles. No passive income though and you lose your rights to your articles once they are published. Only available to US residents. Textbroker Only available to US residents. Pays on a "price per word" basis, with higher rated writers being able to command a higher price. Sites which let you earn passive income Triond A site ...