A writer friend of mine has had some good luck with getting her stuff published on Associated Content. They pay per click on your stories/articles, if they are accepted. I wrote one based on a subject they wanted (the best wedding advice you ever received) and it was published within a couple of days.
So, emboldened by this, I will be trying to produce a few more things to go up there. I don’t expect to make a lot of money doing it, but it should help get my name out there. While I primarily think of myself as a novel writer, there is great value in short article writing at this point, especially online. I already do it on my blog, with opinion-based articles I write about my life and my kids. I also write for a pretty well-known tech blog, at a rate of three or four articles a week. Some of them are newsy, but many of them are opinion. I earn a small amount every month for those, not enough to really make a difference, but enough for some luxuries every now and then.
Turns out, I produce a lot more small pieces (non-fiction articles) than I produce with novels. Yes, I have three novels in print and one seriously waiting for me to fix it, but those are long-term projects and bring in no money at all, to speak of. So maybe a few more articles would be the best thing to do at this point. At least I’m earning something on those pieces!
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