Blessed
09-18-2008, 08:52 AM
I started blogging earlier this year and that got the writer in me revitalized and I've started looking for a couple of low-demand (one article a month type things...) writing gigs to diversify my income streams a bit.
My first newspaper article is over on my blog - there are a few more minor revisions to the final draft that will be printed - basically grammer corrections, one of them one of my commenter's caught and the rest I noticed on the re-read. It has received good reviews from the editor and her husband it will come out later this month and we'll see what everyone else has to say about it :p My compensation for that is an ad in the paper for my graphic design business and it is one article a month - I can handle that arrangement.
A local magazine also posted an ad looking for writers that I responded to and they responded back that they are considering me for the position. It will also be one or two articles a month and will actually pay about $80 an article. I hope it comes through, it's a women's magazine and I think I'd enjoy writing for that audience. My dilemma is that as I was reading an article in the current issue of the magazine about Food Blogs I found a couple of glaring mistakes - the writer gave a blog author's name and location incorrectly. It was about the blog The Pioneer Woman Cooks (http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/) whose author is Ree and who lives in Oklahoma. The writer of the article said that her name was Bri and she lived in Texas. Also the writer used an old URL for the website, I believe it still works, but Ree recently updated her blogs (within the past 6 months) and the URL's have changed.
My initial reaction is to contact the writer and the editor and point out the mistake (kindly of course) however... I don't want to be seen as a nitpicking troublemaker - so... what should I do? :confused:
My first newspaper article is over on my blog - there are a few more minor revisions to the final draft that will be printed - basically grammer corrections, one of them one of my commenter's caught and the rest I noticed on the re-read. It has received good reviews from the editor and her husband it will come out later this month and we'll see what everyone else has to say about it :p My compensation for that is an ad in the paper for my graphic design business and it is one article a month - I can handle that arrangement.
A local magazine also posted an ad looking for writers that I responded to and they responded back that they are considering me for the position. It will also be one or two articles a month and will actually pay about $80 an article. I hope it comes through, it's a women's magazine and I think I'd enjoy writing for that audience. My dilemma is that as I was reading an article in the current issue of the magazine about Food Blogs I found a couple of glaring mistakes - the writer gave a blog author's name and location incorrectly. It was about the blog The Pioneer Woman Cooks (http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/) whose author is Ree and who lives in Oklahoma. The writer of the article said that her name was Bri and she lived in Texas. Also the writer used an old URL for the website, I believe it still works, but Ree recently updated her blogs (within the past 6 months) and the URL's have changed.
My initial reaction is to contact the writer and the editor and point out the mistake (kindly of course) however... I don't want to be seen as a nitpicking troublemaker - so... what should I do? :confused: