It’s getting down to the wire and our candidates have all done a wonderful job with their submissions this week. Which one would you like to see advance to the next round?
We’ll announce the identities of the candidates who will be advancing to the final round on Monday morning, along with their assignment.
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Omigosh! It’s the top 2 after this! It’s all getting more and more exciting!
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Megatron!!!!!! lol
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Roberta I can’t wait to reveal Megratron so you can stop going through withdrawal and start stalking.
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Why aren’t the voting results accessible this week?
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
It’s getting tougher to choose just one!
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Hi Louise -
We’re mixing things up a little each week to make it more interesting! It adds an element of suspense too!
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Hi Fiona - It is tough to pick just one! And since Jodee and I are willing to hire any of these final candidates the winner of FWJ Idol the final outcome will reflect 100% of the community vote and not any judging as originally planned.
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Roberta, I am cracking up here. Looks like I’m going to have to set up a blog so your stalking can commence at the second Deb makes the announcement.
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Go Megatron! Let us know how to find you at the blog…pleeaase!
Seriously, these last couple of weeks have been hard on me because I did enjoy reading all of the posts as they were equally well written. I’m looking forward to meeting everyone again and visiting their blogs or web sites. I’m also looking forward to the posts that our winning candidate will be writing.
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
See? Many of our FWJ Idol bloggers already have a decent following. Megatron, looks like you better start your own blog…and quick.
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
AMEN! “Megatron Minutes: Quick Clips to Feed Your Megatron Addiction”
I’d subscribe.
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:06 pm
I have to admit, the suspense is distracting. I told Jodee not to let me know the standings as I want to be surprised too. It’s hard not to ask her for a peek!
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
@Dani
“Megatron Minutes: Quick Clips to Feed You Megatron Addiction” what a great name for a blog. I was thinking that it should have Megatron in the title.
Or “Maganificant Megatron Moments”
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Hey! All the tech writing articles are gone. What happened?
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
@mck - Ugur will no longer be writing for Freelance Writing Jobs.
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Awww, that is too bad. I was really enjoying his technical writing posts and I was learning a lot. I also felt really encouraged by the information he shared with us.
I’m going to miss him.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Aww! Ugur just started not long ago. His posts were very friendly and informative, and I’ll miss him, too.
So, Deb, does that mean you can afford to hire another blogger? Say… with a column called “Megatron’s Matinee”? Kidding. KIDDING!
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 am
Yeah, I’d read that
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
if you can tell more, the “info junkie” in me wants to know what happened to Ugur.
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
^Same here.
But anyway, good luck to the three remaining candidates!
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
@Phil, @Mariella, Anyone with questions is always welcome to email me at deborahng@gmail.com
August 24th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Can’t wait until Jodee comes back tomorrow to see our top two.
This is very suspenseful!
August 28th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Wow… all that free writing… all that quality content for no pay?
Bravo…
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-freelancewritinggigscom-Exploited-Its-Own-Writers
August 29th, 2008 at 8:20 am
@ Danny: Thank you for your thoughtful comment. Have a nice day.
August 29th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Hi Jodee,
I was actually being sarcastic at the “author” over at HubPages - sorry for confusion. I’m actually with you guys
August 29th, 2008 at 9:20 am
@ Danny: Glad to hear that!
I still want you to have a nice day, BTW!
August 29th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Ditto!
I’m co-owner of a copywriting company and I’ve made my partners aware of this whole debacle - we can’t believe the guy over at HubPages (where we participate) has reacted the way he has.
Smacks of sensationalism and attention-grabbing. Proper writers would offer both sides of the story with comments/quotes from the other party in the original piece - not the lopsided argument he puts over.
I think we’re going to have some fun with him…