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3000 a month yeah
Right now I'm working as a temp when I'm not writing so the opportunity to make that much doing something I have a passion for, like politics, is tantalizing.........
posted by
tigerprincess
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January 24, 2005
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$3000 a month..............I am a shameless ho, so of course I would!
Unfortunately, since I don't do politics and am pretty blunt, I doubt I could land that gig.
posted by
WHAMENATOR
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January 21, 2005
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Laughlines
Maybe some of those who disappeared blogged their brains out at that time ;-).
I am not sure I was earnest in my question. That doesn't quite fit with my skeptical nature ;-). But I noticed how quiet it got after the election. Thanks for your comment
posted by
beachbelle
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January 21, 2005
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Hi Beachbelle,
I'm sitting here getting a good chuckle at 1:18 a.m. over your remark about the pre-election bloggers and your question, who were the passionate ones and who were the plants, and your equally earnest, I mean "where are they now?" Of course having written one extremely passionate pre-election post, and then promptly having fallen off the earth, I had to crack up. But you'll be happy to know I was no plant. Got no money. Just a genuine blogger, who wrote passionately from the depths of her heart -- then passed out cold for four months.
posted by
Laughlines
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January 20, 2005
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void-is
If I care about the topic I do it for nothing
posted by
beachbelle
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January 20, 2005
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Sassyass
It is easy to get enthused when you love the topic. I love the blogging medium too
posted by
beachbelle
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January 20, 2005
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Your damn straight I would
In a heart beat! $3,000 for doing something you love is almost like giving the rabbit the carrot rather then dangling it in front of him. I would want it to be about something I was into and politics just doesn't do it for me.
posted by
sassyass_64
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January 19, 2005
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Beachbelle
I'd take the 3 grand and make a run for it. LOL
Oh, and I did comment on your fistion so there
posted by
WileyJohn
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January 19, 2005
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Writersjourney
I don't think there was any mention of that. I tend to think in the long-term like you. But I guess if someone was starting out they would risk it and hope for the best
posted by
beachbelle
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January 19, 2005
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Is a Book Contract and/or Syndicated Column Part of the Deal?
It depends. They would probably have to help me get a shot at being a syndicated columnist once the campaign was over -- or give me access to a first-hand account of the inside workings of the campaign as it progressed, so that I could write a book about it. I'm the kind of person who prefers to learn how to fish rather than to be given one fish to see me through one day.
posted by
writersjourney
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January 19, 2005
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I wont sell out for less than
$5,000 myself.
posted by
Moondawg
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January 19, 2005
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Beach, it's hard to say. I have a few causes of my own...if someone
offered me $3000 to stay put and do what I was already doing...I might have done it...
posted by
void-is
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January 19, 2005
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WOW! Perhaps I should send George W. Bush my bill. Holy shit.
The Rummy post would get me booted though.
posted by
Barrett
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January 19, 2005
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beachbelle -- I could live on the 3 large if I had to
more than illustrating occasional blogging opportunities, blogging itself is becoming an ever increasingly important promotional tool. Coupled with RSS feeds the traditional means of promoting web exposure is rapidly changing. And to think us old time bloggers were innovators.
posted by
gomedome
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January 19, 2005
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I don't know if I could blog for a politician, I have such a dislike for the bunch that I think it would show through. And, I start righting nasty things.
posted by
ThomasFranklin
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January 19, 2005
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beachbelle
I would take the money again, any time.
posted by
chris2303
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January 19, 2005
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I like Howard Dean.
I didn't know I could earn money for writing about why I like him. Nobody would have to pay me to write about how much I hate bush/cheney, but there's too many people who like them on blogit. Makes for a hostile writing forum when people blog politics. Anyway, I'll go back to your fiction post. I've been away lately. Take care Beachbelle
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
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January 19, 2005
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I know JJ! :)
it's kind of a double edged sword! no offense taken (it takes a lot more than that to offend me these days LOL!)
posted by
MerryAnne
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January 19, 2005
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You're not giving up on...
..the fiction post are you BB? I want to read more!!
posted by
ginnieb
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January 19, 2005
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This work for pay subject is absurd.......
Any time that you contribute time or effort, you need to evaluate the particular situation.
Generalizations: Please Do Not Apply.
posted by
Jack_Flash
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January 19, 2005
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I;m sorry if I sounded like an insult Merry. I didn't mean it that way.
posted by
Jack_Flash
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January 19, 2005
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I shoulda knowndit.
Bloggers for hire...er, where's the lineup? Three grand you say? :-)
posted by
Oceandancer
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January 19, 2005
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Well, Mista Boss Man, Mista Sir, Sir, I know you neva' rip me off, but.....
if they knew I worked for nothing, wouldn't they think I was a foolish idiot, and wouldn't that ruin my credibility?
posted by
Jack_Flash
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January 19, 2005
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Even if I believed in a cause
I wouldn't blog for money. As my former boss once said, It's not enough to be morally correct, we must appear to be morally correct. If people knew you were being paid to write an opinion blog wouldn't your opinions then lose credibility?
posted by
MerryAnne
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January 19, 2005
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If I believed in a cause, I'd definitely blog for $3,000...but you
couldn't pay me enough to do it for our current administration.
posted by
Ariala
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January 19, 2005
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I don't know if I could blog for another (political or otherwise). But if money's involved ?? That's a hard one.
posted by
sheilake
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January 19, 2005
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Depends how broke I am...
Really. Thanks for reading me, too. :)
posted by
Renigade
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January 19, 2005
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OI. I agree re honesty
I think they declared what they were doing. But I imagine that there were many who didn't.
posted by
beachbelle
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January 19, 2005
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That justs seems so dishonest...and honesty is a must in my life...
without that, there is no respect!
posted by
Original_Influence
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January 19, 2005
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Cynthia
Yes I think when people start blogging for the biggest check then blogging will have lost the plot
posted by
beachbelle
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January 19, 2005
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Sure, I loved Howard Dean
and if he wanted to pay me to say what I would have said anyway, that's OK too. I would have worked twice as hard for him. If Bush however wanted me to infiltrate somewhere, and offered me a zillion, bazillion dollars to do it, I wouldn't I couldn't. It would make me sick.
posted by
Cynthia
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January 19, 2005
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wow how interesting
I remember when it was elections...the endless bickering waiting for it to end.
....I don't think I could ever do it...
take care and enjoy your day
posted by
_Symphony_
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January 19, 2005
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Dear Beachbelle.... what to put up first here.... finacnial security for me and my loved ones, or my 'oh-so-strong-since-childhood' principles? I have to pass on that one for the moment......
Voyager9940
posted by
Voyager9940
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January 19, 2005
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Ca88
There was no rush to answer now. Thanks
posted by
beachbelle
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January 19, 2005
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Hi beachbelle! You pose an interesting question, but I'm just too tired toanswer.
posted by
Ca88andra
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January 19, 2005
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