Comments on: Freelance Writing Jobs for Friday, November 2, 2007

By: Freelance Writing Gigs for Friday, November 2, 2007 | rssmuses

Freelance Writing Gigs for Friday, November 2, 2007 | rssmuses — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:10:34 +0000

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By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:45:27 +0000

Hey guys–a warning. The WRITER/EDITOR job is a scam. I submitted a proposal and got this long, drawn out sales pitch which involved me filling out a form and receiving an email with a link, that led me to a website offering a “membership package” to join a “data entry network”.

I followed through the instructions merely to confirm my own suspicions, and found an added “You gotta be kidding me!” These guys offer a $49.99 basic package which they say they are “sold out” of, so you are “stuck” purchasing a 99 dollar package, which offers “full member benefits” and, oh yeah, the courtesy of continuously billing your credit card every month without your permission.

What is WRONG with these people!

This kinda stuff just burns me up.

I wanted to let ya’ll know!

One love, and thanks again Deb and Jodee for all your hard work!

Alicia

By: Jodee

Jodee — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:58:56 +0000

Since the print stuff seems to be going over well, I’ll be sure to include them often.

By: Amy Derby

Amy Derby — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:13:19 +0000

Erik,

You’re up against Neil Gaiman?

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:09:07 +0000

Email Psychology. Sounds perfect for someone with social anxiety disorder–they never have to leave the house!

By: moonslice

moonslice — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:00:17 +0000

Erik- haha. Psychologists need to see people in person to observe their affect. But, some medical doctors do treat existing (who’ve been in their office) patients by email now. Mine does. I don’t use that service, but it’s kind of neat.

Jodee,

Thanks for posting the submission guidelines to mags. I keep a file of them, either bookmarked or PDFed. It was nice to add a few.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:39:03 +0000

The Utah CEO email bounced for me. Anyone else have that problem?

By: Erik Hare

Erik Hare — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:07:19 +0000

> I think they want a psychologist to treat people by email.

Wow, a whole new form of spam:

“Having problems with your Oedipus complex? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Or perhaps you’re just a little more depressed after your last breakup than you expect. Visit our website today and start enjoying a life of good mental health with no money down, er, working from your own home, um … whatever.

http://www.freud.cn “

By: moonslice

moonslice — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:02:02 +0000

The freelance psychology writer is actually not a writer job. I think they want a psychologist to treat people by email. Strange.

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:48:01 +0000

I’d like to point out that the Federal Application writer sounds like a guy that wants help writing his KSA. That’s the real-world example of writing academic papers for someone. Your KSA is supposed to be the employer’s way of checking out your writing skills – it’s not like a resume that is meant just to highlight your career/education history and skills. While it si ok to get someone else to write your resume, it’s really, really dishonest to have someone else write your KSA. Thought I should comment with that here since some people may not know that.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:25:59 +0000

Though I’ve yet to find anything that makes sense for me here yet, thanks for adding the print jobs (still where a lot of my work resides).

By: Jodee

Jodee — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:19:55 +0000

Thank you, Del! You are very kind to say that.

By: Jodee

Jodee — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:18:27 +0000

Hi Christine,

I’m trying to anticipate what the visitors to this site are looking for and post accordingly. After doing the leads for awhile, I realized that I hadn’t posted any leads for print work and thought someone may be interested in them too.

I keep trying to find new sites to troll for leads (and I’ve found a few good ones) to give you guys a good mix. From you kind comment, it sounds like I’m on the right track.

By: del

del — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:17:26 +0000

No problem, Jodee. And it was more for FYI in general because you do a fantastic job!

By: Erik Hare

Erik Hare — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:01:18 +0000

Don’t forget everyone:

Deb is nominated for a Weblog Awards as “Best Individual Blogger”:
http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-individual-blogger-1.php

and I’m nominated under “Best Literature Blog”:
http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-literature-blog-1.php

You can vote once per day per computer, so please rack up the votes! Thanks a bunch!

By: Christine Castillo

Christine Castillo — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:38:26 +0000

I have noticed the incease in magazine leads lately. I an not sure if they are due to a market change, or great scouting, but it is wonderful just the same.

Thanks

By: Jodee

Jodee — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:21:16 +0000

Good eye, Del. Thank you for pointing this out.

I’ve deleted it.

By: del

del — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:15:41 +0000

The Freelance Writer-Contributor is a non-paying gig.