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Back to Work!
Blogathon 2007
27 Hours Left To Pledge
Flash fiction, poetry, & literary tech for Planned Parenthood
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Total Pledged: $95.00 Thank you Lou!
Well today seems down right slow after all that. “All” I had to do was shadow the Frame Ordering lady, record her every motion, then figure out how to document it so the next time she goes on vaca someone will know how to do her job.
Though I did bring the project home with me, I’ll spare you a sample. It’s a bit flat after the last bunch.
Speaking of which, I’m almost to $100!! Come on folks, if I can do that well in 24 hours, there is no reason I can get to $200 by this time tomorrow.
You heard about the incentives? Alright I’ll tell them again
- If you pledge more than $10, I will send you a clean .pdf copy of the Written Justification Blogathon 2007 manuscript, complete with links and graphics.
- If you pledge $25 or more, I will send you the epic conclusion of one of the many stories I started during the Blogathon.
- If you pledge $50 or more I will not only send you the manuscript and a story, but I will let you choose which story I will compete! Just click here or here for the list of what I wrote on Sunday. The just email me what you want to read when you pledge!
Don’t want to give the little machine your personal info? We can make arrangements. Contact me some other way and I’ll see your contribution made real!
Charity Event
Starting tomorrow, June 28th I will be blogging for charity!
From 11:00 pm Saturday to 11:00 pm Sunday I will be posting something new every 30 minutes. That’s right folks, two posts per hour on the blog where you are sometimes lucky to get two posts per month!
I’ll be posting flash fiction, poetry, and news that would interest both literati and the technocracy.
The proceeds of this event will go to Planned Parenthood. You can sign up to sponsor me here. Not up for pledging over the internet? No worries! Contact me some other way and I’ll take care of the paper work!
If you don’t care to sponsor me and my charity, then look at sponsoring someone else! There are a dozen different charities sponsored by hundreds of bloggers all over the world. We’re staying up all night to make a difference. Are you up for it?
How to Become a Technical Writer
- Get a Job.
- Tell your boss you were an English Major.
- Volunteer to help write a pamphlet, packet, manual, or report.
- Write well.
- Wake up one morning hip-deep in such projects, because no one else in the office knows what they are doing.
- Mention this on your resume.
- Repeat.
It would seem the I have yet again found myself in this position. This month’s contract is in Marketing and Purchasing, and isn’t at all writing related. Within three weeks, however, the various managers I work with are discussing how they can make my Word Smithing talents work for them. They call it “Word Smithing,” not me.
Since I really enjoy these folks, I’m counting it as a boon. Maybe they’ll keep me for longer than three months!
One Query Letter
Edit: So far idea C is already covered for this issue, and ideas A and B are under consideration. The information has been passed to higher-ups for further review.
To: Managing Editor
Cc: Editor in Chief
Subject: Pagans & Money Query
[Dear Managing Editor],
One Query Letter- continue reading
I Claim This Cube In The Name Of Spain!
Well, I’m six weeks into an eight week contract and we finally moved into the company’s actual space. We are utterly cubed!
I’m highly amused. this is my first cube, and it’s naked. If anyone has the inspiration, I’m accepting donations for a Demotivator lithographic. I haven’t picked yet, but I’m either getting Sacrifice or Indiference.
I Claim This Cube In The Name Of Spain!- continue reading
The Daily Grind
Full time copy writing has taken up a lot of my time (imaging that) and I’ve had to cut some of my classes. Never fear, fair reader, I will still graduate on time.
My largest project this semester will be a 25 page independent writing projects. I’m considering writing a full length feature for Pan Gaia Magazine’s “Pagans and Money” themed issue. I’ll have a schedule posted here by this time next week!
Hired!
I’ll write about this now, since it’s unlikely I can jinx myself after the fact (touch wood). After years of freelancing for unreliable pay, it finally happened. The big one. I got the contract that can lead to a stable career! I applied on Wednesday, turned in a requested writing sample on Thursday, and was calling for an interview yesterday. I was expecting QA like any normal interview, but what I got was a sales pitch. “This is who we are! This is what we do! If you can fit in with this schedule, we would love to have you!
So. I took the contract for two months of full-time work. I start on monday. I need to buy more business casual attire. They may hire me full time after the contract ends. Maybe.
Contract position with the possibility of full-time work. This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates looking to get in on the ground-floor of an exciting and fast-moving Web company. We need energetic self-starters who are driven to succeed to help grow our business. In our industry, Food Service Warehouse bills itself as The Product Experts. As such, we require a large amount of both technical and sales oriented copy detailing our product lines. You will be working with a team of writers to deliver a large amount of content under tight deadlines. This is an entry-level position with opportunity for growth.
Job responsibilities include:
- Communicating with vendors to gather all necessary marketing materials, imagery, and specifications for our product lines.
- Reading, absorbing, analyzing, and extracting the benefits of our product lines from marketing materials and succinctly rewriting that information for the Web.
- Accurately and efficiently entering this data into a Web-based intranet administrative system for display on our Web site.
- Maintaining our status as The Product Experts by both doggedly championing the concept as well as defending it under intense pressure to produce quantity over quality.
It look like mom was right. I need a new wardrobe!
Photo Essay
Advanced composition is a class for developing style and incorporating different modes of communication into our writing. Project #1: Photo Essay. Pick a photo from the provioded list (edit it if you like) pair it with text you borrow from some other source, then write 200 words to go with it, in the style of your borrowed text. Cool!
Well, here is my photo and my borrowed text. The photo is a croped and colored photo by Mary Ellen Mark, and the quote is from the testimony of Kirt Gerstein, an SS officer who gathered information about the concentration camps and passed it to the Allies.
What should I say with my 200 words? Any ideas? I’m thinking of telling a bit more of Officer Gerstein’s story, because it’s so tragic, but I could be even more political, if that’s possible. Share with me!
[repost] Tips & Leads
Hey there! I write the Denver Blog for HotelsByCity.net. It’s a hotel booking site, like Priceline or Travelocity, and the blog is generally aimed at folks traveling to our great city. It a fairly new project and I’m hoping the devout readers of the Denver LJ might have some tips or leads for me. What is your favorite hang out? Any particularly excellent shopping, spas, clubs or events our tourists should know about? Anything they should avoid like the plague? I’m trying to focus on places unique to Colorado that embrace this area’s urban-granola attitude. Planned entries include a review of the Curious Theater Company’s Aphrodisiac, Top 10 Spas in Denver, and regular restaurant and night club reviews.
The blog updates about twice per week. I’ll link back here and to you in the entry if I take your suggestion. Thanks for your help, fellow Denverites!
EDIT: So, is posting this OK? I want all the information I can get, and I know that networking is the primary way that blogs get noticed. I’ve been doing my footwork solo until now, and would love to get leads about new and interesting places from the general population. Are there any other ways that I could track down places and events to review?
New Blog
I have a new project and an ethical question.
Starting today, I’m writing the Denver Blog for Hotels By City. I plan to post to HBC twice each week to begin with, and the revenue is though Adsense only, so *shrug* …
Now, a blog related ethical question. I have no issue making money from advertisers when I blog. Adsense is not a problem! But what about writining a specific post in order to collect a fee? Pay Per Post is a company that asks its writers to do exactly that. The pay is middling, but the turn around is fast. They also would prefer if you didn’t tell your readers that your post is a blatant advertisement for a certain product, service, or site. I’ve been writing for them occasionally, and have been a bit naughty. I put their posts on Cubed, my personal blog, and those posts are all taged with PPP and use a specific avatar to kinda show that I’m just out for the money.
I would never post PPP’s stuff on my HCB blog, but what about here? What would you think of me? Would you dare? Let me know what you think!
