Someone Paid Me to Write Stuff!

So… it has been a looong while since I blogged here, and for that I sincerely apologise. Since taking on the role of Co-Editor at Fuel Your Writing, as announced in my last post, I’ve been busy editing and running the site, along with something else.

That something else being: writing some things in exchange for money.

Last week I received my first ever payment in return for something I’ve written – and I’m really, seriously made up about it. The pieces in question are simply press articles, new pieces, written for Fuel Brand Inc, the company behind the Fuel Brand Network, of which Fuel Your Writing is a part. They’re not the most exciting pieces of writing ever, but they do the job. And I’m excited about them, and getting paid for them, and this is my blog so I’m going to shout from the rooftops that someone (thanks Josh!) gave me the opportunity to write something for payment.

Besides these articles, I also was invited to write some copy for some marketing materials, for a project that I actually can’t talk about yet because it isn’t up and running yet. I’ll let you all know what it was when the project goes live. It was awesome and exciting to work on it, especially as I was thrown in at the deep end on quite a tight deadline. I want to do more of this. Lots more!

I got paid for some writing I did. This is what I want to do with my life, whether fiction or non. I may be on the bottom rungs, but I can comfortably say I’m on the ladder now.

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Hopefully I’ll be back on the blogging wagon from here on in. For more regular updates on what I’m up to – check out my new blog on Posterous. I’ll be updating there quite often, as it’s just so easy to blog using Posterous (by sending an email) so I can do it from my BlackBerry really easily. I’m also going to be using that blog to host any pictures I would otherwise send to TweetPhoto or similar. As Posterous updates my Twitter when I blog, those of you following me will still be able to see any pictures I publish.

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