Taking a Break on Sabbath

I have a lot of articles to write, about 10 in all due today. But I am taking a break on a Sabbath day. Making money is not everything and sometimes I need to take a good break from it all. The articles pay USD1.50 for 300 words which is not much at all. Sometimes, I need to forego making money even peanuts level so that I can update my blogs with beautiful photos of food taken at various places. And I am not a machine that churns out articles after articles every day. Even my assistants or co-writers are choosy about the topics that they write. So, this leaves me having to write them myself but not for today and tomorrow. I need a good holiday doing the things that I love.

More Articles to Write On

This month, I have several payments to my Paypal for writing articles. It comes to about RM700. Not bad on a part time basis. And I have one potential writer emailed me to be my assistant from Australia after reading my blogs. There is so much writing jobs online that you don't have to be afraid of bids from your competitors. Just put a reasonable price and time frame for the work to be done and bid on. As an aside, I may have to consider closing my 3 wordpress blogs due to undisclosed reasons. Earning from Google Adsense is just way too little to justify having the blogs around.

This morning, I have placed bids for a writing job that pays USD1 for every 100 words from USA. I hope to be successful in getting this job that requires native English speakers. It pays more than USD2 for 500 words which is the market rate at the moment. And this is what I am getting currently.

Re-write 5 articles

This morning, my client from India contacted me via Google Talk and offered me 5 articles to re-write for USD2 each. That's USD10 in a day. They are about 500 words on Herbs and Breast Enhancements. The deadline is tomorrow morning, but as of now, I have already completed the job. So, now I can take it easy until she sends me more work orders. If you like to write articles and get paid in USD, you can email me at diana[at]gmail[dot]com so that I can pass the overflow work to you. It would be better if you have yahoo messenger or Gmail account for GTalk.

Going back to Penang tomorrow

I am currently in KL and have been here since 4 days ago. That’s why I have not been blogging to often or writing paid articles. It was a good break though I am here for business. In a short while, I will be going to Sunway Pyramid for 3 nights in a row as I love the shopping experience there. And I just discovered they have Teochew and Hakka restaurants in the new wing. I went to see the Japanese buffet nearby and my gosh, they have so many varieties of Japanese food that I wonder what will happen to them if they are not eaten up by diners. For RM55 per person, you get to dine here. As I am keeping watch over my weight, I shall give this a pass and dine other restaurants with ala carte food.

Doing Paid Articles

I was contacted directly from GAF to write articles on stretch marks. There are a total of 20 articles to write with each article comprising of 500 words. And I need to get this done by Sunday evening. It has to be 100% original written in my own words. And the pay? USD3 per article which is about the market rate for freelancers like me. My client is from Germany and I have just submitted one written article that passed Copyscape. Yeay! Next, I have 19 more similar articles to write and will be very busy tomorrow and the day after. Since it pays more than Adsense, I am devoting more time to writing as my part time job. It is a rewarding effort, as I get to learn about new stuffs every day while improving on my style of writing.

Invest in Gold

Whenever I walk pass the jewellery store in megamalls in Penang, I notice that the price of gold has been increasing steadily ever since I bought myself a gold bangle in Singapore. The money that I have saved up from giving tuition was spent on the gold bangle costing S$300. Now with the US Dollar dropping against the Malaysian Ringgit, it is wise to invest in gold coins. This is because the value of gold keeps appreciating very fast and it is a rare commodity. Gold is traded internationally and used as a form of investment. If I have the cash, I will try to invest in gold coins as they look pretty and will appreciate in value over time.

Working with Words

Recently I have been reading a lot of newspapers, combing page by page and some magazines to improve on my vocabulary and writing skills. That's because I intend to make writing my part time income. I have also attempted writing term papers like ALA style, whatever that means but samples are abound on the internet. Lazy students who prefer to pay other writers like yours truly to do their homework for them. This is a form of cheating, but if they are so stressed up writing a 1,000 word term paper and hate typing, then the internet offers an alternative solution for them, but I wonder if they will be competent in their jobs when they graduate later on.

There's plenty of writing assignments if you bother to search and register through the online companies, and to salvage such students. Still, others prefer contents for their ever growing web sites and need plenty of fresh information - not those that you copy and paste verbatim.