Jan 22 2009
Another Writing Day
I have been fairly busy these last few days. I answered a writing request and the poster has shown some interest and hopefully I will get some work out of it. The job is writing targeted blog entries and summaries from news articles. I did some samples for them and they seem interested and didn’t post them online for free which is good. I hate when a company posts a writing request online and wants you to send them original unpublished samples, isn’t a published clip good enough? Doesn’t it prove that yes, someone else has actually paid to use my work? I think when a writer is asked to send unpublished samples, there is a good chance they are going to end up being published somewhere without credit or compensation given to the author.
I always make it a point to google my own name every so often to see if someone is using my work without my consent. I did catch one individual posting one of my articles on her site and when I confronted her and asvised her that she was using my work illegally, she retorted that I should be honored that she thought my work was worthy enough to include it on her website. Needless to say, I wasn’t buying that excuse, besides someone else owned the partial rights to it and they paid for it.
I have been trying to be somewhat regular with this blog but it is a bit depressing when I am not sure if anyone is reading it. Makes me wonder if my time could be better spent writing something else. I have researched how to draw readers to your blog and it advises to keep writing and the readers will come. Well considering I don’t have a better plan at the moment, I will keep writing and see if my stats go up. If you have any blogging promotional tips, please send them my way. Help!
