Today I did my first few assignments for Textbroker.com. The basic idea for that site is that companies hire writers to write or ghostwrite for them. So far today, I have written glowing reviews of two gift items, and a small treatise on men's hats. It pays peanuts, but you can do as many as you want in a day, so it's good practice.
My eventual goals are as follows:
1) Have someone pay me money to write stuff for their publication. once I receive actual money for my writing, I will then feel justified in calling myself a writer. Even if it's just a buck or two. Being a "writer" to me means someone, somewhere is paying you money to write.
2) Actually make a few bucks at this thing, so that I can afford treats and extras. With the recession strangling my business, I need to find another source of income to supply my needs...Okay, my wants. I want to have new clothes, I want a laptop, I want to be able to travel and see my friends. I'm a needy sort. Maybe I can spin this thing into paying for my extras.
3)Someday, somehow, have one of my book ideas published as a real honest-to-god book. With covers and pages and my picture on it and everything. From a real publishing house, not a vanity press. Yes, friends, I also harbor the impossible dream of being a successful author. It's a faraway, candy-colored dream, but it's in my brain.
And yes, on the day that I receive my giant check for writing the new awesomeness, I will buy you all drinks.
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