My schedule is getting pretty crazy and I know I'm going to have a lot to blog about. So rather than doing it all in one overly looooooooooong entry, I'm going to try to break down what I'm up to into smaller entries. That means more updates than usual in the upcoming week.
Check this out:
I got a picture of Rebel from the front! (You're welcome, Paris!) She/he has such pretty tufted ears. It's a shame that one of them is going to be clipped once we capture him/her to get neutered at FixNation. :\ At least we'll finally know what sex Rebel is...I've written some more articles for WP Pro Business. I'm particularly proud of this one. It talks about successful business women. I hope that you'll check it out!
On the other hand, you won't be seeing any more US Combat Sports articles from me. At least not until I can afford to work for free. Rather than have me try to explain why, check out what my "boss" there wrote to me when I brought up that I hadn't been paid for my work:
In the first quarter of 2011 our plan is to see which reporter's are willing to immerse themselves in their local scene's community and be able to provide enough content to be a paid member of the team. Your first two articles were excellent and got you off to a great start. In the first four months to a year we want writers to make their names known to their local gyms and the online community. We couldn't be happier with your start and hope you want to keep upon the path of being promoted and eventually becoming a paid USCS member.
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Bummer.
I told him very politely that being paid "eventually" didn't jive with me where payment for my work was concerned. [I do NOT work for free--I (literally) can't afford to!]. There are no hard feelings. And I'm still involved with the Combat Sports community. Another opportunity has opened up in that arena already. (This time with someone who WILL pay). I'll talk more about it as soon as I can.
In the meantime, I've got WP Pro Business, other freelance gigs, and I've been selling scarves again!
I had knit a bunch of them, but then the warm weather hit and kinda killed my sales...locally at least. I just sold a bunch of them to someone on the opposite side of the world!
Anyway, as I mentioned, I'm going to be very busy this upcoming week. For instance, on Wednesday, I'm going to be returning to my high school to talk to the Publications/Journalism class(es). I used to be head writer for my school newspaper back in the day... My old teacher found my website online and contacted me and invited me to come speak to the kids (since what I do now is pretty much what I did then, only for money).
Well, it's just past 1:00am and I barely got any sleep last night (up 'til past sunrise!), so I should log off now.
Until next time...
--Lauren*
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