What are you writing?

United States
December 22, 2010 10:01pm CST
Hello Mylotters, What are you writing? Do you write in a blog? Do you write books, articles, online, offline? Do you make any money? How and how much? I love to write and would love to see a little income from it. I was wondering where to start. I was hoping I could learn from those that have tried it and skip making a bunch of beginner mistakes if possible.
7 responses
• United States
26 Dec 10
I write a lot of different things. I do two newsletters for my "business" which is ministry based. Then I write and produce books - mostly study guides and am working on making them into ebooks. I also write articles for a couple of places and would like to find more sources!
• United States
27 Dec 10
Wow, you are a busy busy person. I hope you are enjoying it all. Life is to short to not enjoy what you do. Do you find joy in what you are doing?
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• United States
27 Dec 10
I do enjoy writing! I have done some writing for years, but the last two years I have really begun writing more. I am home all day now and just need to get more organized to accomplish more!
• United States
26 Dec 10
Oh, and I also do an almost daily blog!
@GreenMoo (11834)
30 Dec 10
I used to do some paid forum posting and the odd bit of article writing for pocket money. Unfortunately my internet access is now so poor that I´ve had to give it up, which is a real disappointment to me. I never made a lot of money, but I enjoyed it anyway.
@GreenMoo (11834)
7 Feb 11
Oh I did enjoy it. But it was definitely work because you still have a certain amount of deadlines to keep to.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
19 Jan 11
Writing has been my favorite hobby since my college years, and is still is. Whenever I have the spare time for it, I write articles, short stories, reviews, commentaries, and so on. I am mainly writing online. There are a number of programs where one can write online. One of the sites I have been writing at is "Review Stream". One can write brief reviews on a variety of topics, things one comes across in the day-to-day activities, shopping, movies, restaurants, travel, hotels, etc., and get paid when the submission is approved.
• United States
7 Feb 11
Ive never heard of that site before. I will have to look into it more. Even if it just pays pennies its for something I do anyway so I cant wait to learn more. Thanks for the heads up on that one.
@maclanis (2362)
• Belgium
26 Dec 10
I write in my blog (the link is on my profile if anyone wants to visit it :)), but I don't really earn that much money on it. I also write articles on Triond. It's a lot of fun and I earn about $1.5 a month on it. It's not that much either but I haven't got that many articles yet. I would love to earn some more money on it than I do now. But I guess I can't complain, I make some extra cash for doing something I love.
• United States
27 Dec 10
Every little penny adds up. Id be excited about $1.50 a month. Its more then I make right now. Im a stay at home mom and I have chosen to stay home with my kiddos for the last 11 years. Id love to add a few fantastic vacations to my year and it would really help if I could add a little more money.
• United States
23 Dec 10
Wow what a lot of questions at once! I am currently writing my first book, I do write articles online,I do have a blog that I just started and yes I get paid...not a lot yet but regular. I write for Triond and I think it's a pretty good place to start. Advice to newbies...when you first start write about things you know about. As you begin to get more comfortable in what you are doing then begin to branch out an write about anything and everything. Learn to research and gather information and learn how to promote yourself. If you choose to start a blog give it a theme and stick with it. Make it either useful or interesting enough so that people that visit will want to come back...kinda like repeat customers in a store. I have a blog on a site called Open Salon under the same name that I use here...I have a post there you really should read about earning income online. Have yourself a really great day and good luck to you.
• United States
27 Dec 10
Thanks for all your information. I have thought about a blog that I might make a few dollars on but again that is still somehting I need to learn a lot more about. I will look at the sites you have suggested and see if I can learn a bit more. Thanks again!
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Dec 10
I have written a couple of books and a lot of songs and poetries, but when it comes to books I do have struggles, You know I am not a best selling author yet but who knows someday I will be. I dont know what the future brings but I have to be positive.
• United States
27 Dec 10
I would think that the more you try the more chance you have at success. I think I will try a book soon but I have no idea if I will ever try to get it published. For me its more of the fact that I want to do it for me. Though the money would be awesome.
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• Calgary, Alberta
30 Dec 10
I lvoe writing espionage and horror I want to be famous on that genre and I also wanted to produce a web comics and even write some movie scripts. Yes I am bloody ambitious, I wanted to be on top.
@AdalieM (1134)
• United States
9 Apr 11
Right now I am working on my first book--a real one that is going to get published one of these days. I write for some freelance sites, I don't make a fortune but I can easily make over 100 dollars each month depending on my working schedule. There are many sites that paid you to write articles, projects, and things like that. If you are from the US, I recommend textbroker, is legit and you can make some decent money from this site, based on your writing skills.