Writerly Updates
May. 18th, 2010 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
corvaxgirlSo, I got approved by Demand Studios. I was worried about the rewrite process (which wasn't bad at all), and then I was worried about getting approved after my first three articles. But! On the very day I submitted my third article (which I was nervous about because it was v. detail oriented on how to deal with the property settlement part of divorce), they not only didn't ask for a rewrite, but approved me off of "probation" and now I can select up to 10 articles at a time to write, which for me is huge money wise (as in second income stream, not like buckets of money) and a smidge of prestige maybe. This morning there happened to be a ton of travel articles which I snapped right up like a snapping thing
Between this and eNotes, my mill writing is now paying a v. tidy sum of secondary income monthly, which is good because frankly I need it. Between weddings and sickliness, having this definately makes me worry less. Knowing I can "make up" my time off or additional costs through this and crafting is a lifesaver.
But I'm also conflicted. Because while I meant it when I said I'm not doin' this shit for nothin' and mill writing qualifies as writing for money, it's not the most creatively fufilling thing evar. eNotes used to take me a lot longer to write my answers until I really found my niche and got the hang of it, now I can usually bang out an answer in 10-15 minutes. I'm hoping to get to the point of banging out an article in about 30 minutes, maybe 45. It's the research that slows shit down there. People bitch about mill writing being low paying, but if you break it down by the hour, for me it pays about what I make an hour at my admin job and I make pretty okay money per hour there. I do suppose that mill writing is teaching me to be a faster writer if nothing else. And, money upfront verses the nebulous submission process for short work. eNotes pays monthly and Demand Studios pays twice a week which is pretty awesome.
But, the downside is it leaves me less time for creative writing. My brain has had a harder time with romantica lately, I may just need a little break from it. So my current plan is: mill writing, blogging, and starting to really pull my shit together with my kitchen witch book and go from there.
Between this and eNotes, my mill writing is now paying a v. tidy sum of secondary income monthly, which is good because frankly I need it. Between weddings and sickliness, having this definately makes me worry less. Knowing I can "make up" my time off or additional costs through this and crafting is a lifesaver.
But I'm also conflicted. Because while I meant it when I said I'm not doin' this shit for nothin' and mill writing qualifies as writing for money, it's not the most creatively fufilling thing evar. eNotes used to take me a lot longer to write my answers until I really found my niche and got the hang of it, now I can usually bang out an answer in 10-15 minutes. I'm hoping to get to the point of banging out an article in about 30 minutes, maybe 45. It's the research that slows shit down there. People bitch about mill writing being low paying, but if you break it down by the hour, for me it pays about what I make an hour at my admin job and I make pretty okay money per hour there. I do suppose that mill writing is teaching me to be a faster writer if nothing else. And, money upfront verses the nebulous submission process for short work. eNotes pays monthly and Demand Studios pays twice a week which is pretty awesome.
But, the downside is it leaves me less time for creative writing. My brain has had a harder time with romantica lately, I may just need a little break from it. So my current plan is: mill writing, blogging, and starting to really pull my shit together with my kitchen witch book and go from there.
