Comments on: Freelance Writing Jobs for Friday, October 24, 2008

By: Jodee

Jodee — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:39:18 +0000

@ Amy: Thank you for taking the time to write. It always brightens up my day to hear that one of our readers has landed a job from the lists that we post here.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:11:28 +0000

Hello,

I just wanted to drop you a note of thanks for sharing all of these great job postings. I was lucky to land one of the gigs you advertised a couple of weeks ago and everything went very smoothly and I was paid promptly, which any writer knows is always a blessing.

Thanks again!

-Amy

By: Roxie

Roxie — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:54:12 +0000

But on another, happier note, I am receiving solid work from two clients that I found here! I was promoted to an editorial position for one, and will soon be put on the payroll there, earning a nice monthly salary. The other also pays well and has consistent work lined up for months to come. FWJ is great .

By: Roxie

Roxie — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:49:19 +0000

I spent some solid time applying for the “writers wanted for women’s magazine,” only to be disappointed that the e-mail address didn’t even work. They probably forgot to forward the craigslist address to their e-mail address. Sigh, maybe it will be posted again.

By: Matti Powers

Matti Powers — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:26:12 +0000

I saw the word independently spelled wrong too. I mean, I understand switching vowels (like I probably did lol) because they may not have spell check, but it is apparent why they need a writer…

By: Phyl

Phyl — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:42:52 +0000

When I went to that 3Magazines one, after pasting their URL like they said, my ZoneAlarm went crazy, and absolutely would NOT let me get there. I thought it was legit, so I finally shut ZoneAlarm down, and then got taken to a site advertising the iPhone. “All” we needed to do was put our email in, which would automatically give our consent to giving our information to third parties, and all would be well.

Um, no. Sleazebuckets.

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:45:06 +0000

Thanks Jodee!

I had the same experience with both the women’s magazine craigslist address not working & the 3 Magazine corp spammy response/link deal. Bleh.
On to the rest of the list, which is great! It’s rainy in St. Louis today. Perfect October day for staying inside at the computer with a cup of hot cider/coffee/tea… and a good list of leads.

By: Keyna

Keyna — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:37:26 +0000

Thanks for the great posts and pulling all of this information together. It is very much appreciated.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:56:18 +0000

Great listings – thanks for going through the work of compiling them. Nice to see so many telecommuter positions. I owe you a big thank you too as I picked up a small recurring job from your listings last week.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:02:13 +0000

Haha…I like to work interpendently, don’t you? See the “Writer wanted for articles” ad…

Carol Tice
http://www.caroltice.com