Doing Little Cartwheels of Joy Because of Helium

Normally I'm not a very expressive person, at least not in a non-written way. But I'm so thrilled and happy right now I'm literally bouncing off my seat and doing little cartwheels of joy in my head....

AC gives out its final Performance Payments to international writers :(

AC will stop paying performance payments for international writers starting May 1. So sad.

I've started a discussion detailing this, as well as Helium's apparent selective logins for non-US...

$850 in 4 months... is that a nice number for freelance writers or not?

I've been doing some accounting of my budget recently (something I rarely - er, loathe - to do), and I came to realize that it's been four months since I've started looking into earning opportunities...

Associated Content, Helium closes its doors to international writers!

I have sad news for all non-US writers out there who write for Associated Content (AC) and/or Helium (I'm posting it here, so I won't have to post under both AC and Helium):

First, for AC writers:...

Helium Blocking Access to Writers from "Regions Primarily in the Far East"

Apparently, Helium has started blocking (or has long ago blocked?) users from other non-US countries from accessing the site.

To read about it in more detail, kindly see this...