Whitewater
08-30-2008, 12:32 AM
I JUST GOT THE MOST AWESOME JOB IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. NO, SERIOUSLY.
I just got hired by a company based in California to WRITE FOR THEM. I am now a PROFESSIONAL WRITER. I am getting PAID to write!!!! And I'm not even an independent contractor!!!! And the best thing is, I can WORK FROM HOME. I can be here for the dogs and cat, I can keep the house running, and I can still DO MY JOB. Oh, and I'll be able to save significant amounts of money for the wedding!!!! YEA!!!!
$6-10/ 500 word article (and occasionally more if it's more involved), up to 100 articles a week if I choose. I can't write that much, I figure 20-30 articles a week is what I'll be capable of (and probably 50 articles a week when I get the hang of it)-- but even then, that's decent. I figure, combined with my monthly stipend I'll be making about $1000 a month, maybe a little over, $200-300 of which I can toss into the wedding savings account, and THAT will save our butts.
Basically I'll be providing copy for marketing materials, websites, blogs, phamphlets, press releases, etc.
OMFG, I am so excited about this. Here's the thing: My employment record has been really spotty due to my disability, which is one of those so-called 'hidden' disabilities. I look and act very high-functional, because I am, but I have a few big huge 'blind spots' if you will, stuff that I just can't do and will never be able to do. Stuff that I won't grow out of and that I can't be taught how to do, because my brain is broken and some things just won't work right.
I have learned to cope with this -- except for social interaction and getting places on time. Both things are pretty much disasters. My friends are people who are equally as strange as I am, in different ways, and don't mind my differences.
But the whole constantly being late thing has now, in my mid 30's, resulted in me being basically unemployable by normal standards because I will never be able to consistently, 100% of the time, get to work by the time I have to be there. I know, people who don't have my neurological deficit don't understand this, even when I try to explain, but it's just one of those things. I am broken. I can't do this. I can't explain why not, but I can't, and don't expect it, please. Naturally this causes a lot of stress in the workplace. And potential employers don't want to hire me. I never get past the first interview.
So since last December, when I quit my office monkey assistant position due to the fact that my constant lateness wasn't fair to the other people working, I have been looking for a job that suits what I *can* do and my unique requirements. I wanted a job that I could do from home, so I could set my own hours and not worry about being late (seriously, I was THIS close to a heart attack because my blood pressure was so high from the stress of trying to get to work on time every day), something that I enjoyed doing, and that would pay a decent salary. Oh, and wasn't a scam or that required me to fleece others.
Writing is my main forte. Everybody who knows me says I'm a brilliant writer and I enjoy doing it. So I thought I'd look for a telecommuting writing job -- but do you know how many of those are out there? Very few. I got pretty discouraged and stopped looking for a while, then, after we bought the house, money started getting tight again and I picked up the ball and started looking again.
And again I got lots of nothing. Until a couple days ago, when I just happened to look at Craigslist (God Bless Craigslist!) and saw a brief ad looking for writers that pay by the article. No requirements were listed other than accepting Paypal as payment. I thought, why not? So I sent them a couple writing samples and an intro email letter and waited. They got back to me within hours.
We spent about 24 hours moving through the interview process and then, today, they emailed me again (after I'd sent them a total of FIVE DIFFERENT writing samples!!!! :bbeek: ) and told me that they wanted me to write for them!!!! They wanted me on their team.
I have been doing the Dance of Joy throughout the house for the last couple hours.
Just thought I'd share!
Whitewater (brilliantly happy right now)
I just got hired by a company based in California to WRITE FOR THEM. I am now a PROFESSIONAL WRITER. I am getting PAID to write!!!! And I'm not even an independent contractor!!!! And the best thing is, I can WORK FROM HOME. I can be here for the dogs and cat, I can keep the house running, and I can still DO MY JOB. Oh, and I'll be able to save significant amounts of money for the wedding!!!! YEA!!!!
$6-10/ 500 word article (and occasionally more if it's more involved), up to 100 articles a week if I choose. I can't write that much, I figure 20-30 articles a week is what I'll be capable of (and probably 50 articles a week when I get the hang of it)-- but even then, that's decent. I figure, combined with my monthly stipend I'll be making about $1000 a month, maybe a little over, $200-300 of which I can toss into the wedding savings account, and THAT will save our butts.
Basically I'll be providing copy for marketing materials, websites, blogs, phamphlets, press releases, etc.
OMFG, I am so excited about this. Here's the thing: My employment record has been really spotty due to my disability, which is one of those so-called 'hidden' disabilities. I look and act very high-functional, because I am, but I have a few big huge 'blind spots' if you will, stuff that I just can't do and will never be able to do. Stuff that I won't grow out of and that I can't be taught how to do, because my brain is broken and some things just won't work right.
I have learned to cope with this -- except for social interaction and getting places on time. Both things are pretty much disasters. My friends are people who are equally as strange as I am, in different ways, and don't mind my differences.
But the whole constantly being late thing has now, in my mid 30's, resulted in me being basically unemployable by normal standards because I will never be able to consistently, 100% of the time, get to work by the time I have to be there. I know, people who don't have my neurological deficit don't understand this, even when I try to explain, but it's just one of those things. I am broken. I can't do this. I can't explain why not, but I can't, and don't expect it, please. Naturally this causes a lot of stress in the workplace. And potential employers don't want to hire me. I never get past the first interview.
So since last December, when I quit my office monkey assistant position due to the fact that my constant lateness wasn't fair to the other people working, I have been looking for a job that suits what I *can* do and my unique requirements. I wanted a job that I could do from home, so I could set my own hours and not worry about being late (seriously, I was THIS close to a heart attack because my blood pressure was so high from the stress of trying to get to work on time every day), something that I enjoyed doing, and that would pay a decent salary. Oh, and wasn't a scam or that required me to fleece others.
Writing is my main forte. Everybody who knows me says I'm a brilliant writer and I enjoy doing it. So I thought I'd look for a telecommuting writing job -- but do you know how many of those are out there? Very few. I got pretty discouraged and stopped looking for a while, then, after we bought the house, money started getting tight again and I picked up the ball and started looking again.
And again I got lots of nothing. Until a couple days ago, when I just happened to look at Craigslist (God Bless Craigslist!) and saw a brief ad looking for writers that pay by the article. No requirements were listed other than accepting Paypal as payment. I thought, why not? So I sent them a couple writing samples and an intro email letter and waited. They got back to me within hours.
We spent about 24 hours moving through the interview process and then, today, they emailed me again (after I'd sent them a total of FIVE DIFFERENT writing samples!!!! :bbeek: ) and told me that they wanted me to write for them!!!! They wanted me on their team.
I have been doing the Dance of Joy throughout the house for the last couple hours.
Just thought I'd share!
Whitewater (brilliantly happy right now)