Certified Blogaholic

After almost 9 months of blogging, I think I am finally getting the hang of it. Sometimes I worry that it is taking too much of my time. However, at the moment, it is as important to me as water. Writing helps me cope with difficulties. My blog somehow gives me a sense of purpose — I know I am still where I am meant to be. One day, I look forward to reassuring myself that it is what I was intended to do.

Though I still have a lot to learn and professional bloggers out there may crinkle their nose at my work, I believe I will be able to fine tune everything in time. For those who love to write, I am encouraging you to try it. Some do it for the extra income, and yet there are those who do it simply because they love words and the way they dance together.

For newbies, you can try a free blog to get the feel of it. But sooner or later, it would still be best to get your own domain and website. Only then will you be able to call it your own. It would also be good to join blogging communities. Nothing in any blogging book or literature can teach you about blogging than those who have been there for years — those who genuinely love writing.

Blogging is no longer just a hobby for me now. It is a passion I intend to pursue even after my laptop surrenders from exhaustion. For now, it stays strong and steady as I write on until the wee hours of the morning with only the sound of my fingers on the keys to comfort and accompany me.

Last night, I did several sponsored and non-sponsored posts but it was the the most stressful night I have had.  I failed to check the timelines and deadlines and found myself scrambling to submit all of them on time.  I made it though.  I only hope the quality of my post did not suffer.  But, I already learned my lesson.  Next time, I have to check the opportunities that I will be taking and make sure it does not coincide with those I have earlier committed to take.  Then of course, I have to learn to let go.  I can’t everything at the same time.  Regardless of how good a writer I am, it is just not possible to take everything and submit your work without batting an eyelash.  Whew!

After the whirlwind, I am breathing for a while.  I have another article due in a few minutes.  I also got accepted in another get-paid-to-blog site where I immediately got an offer from an advertiser.  Cool!  Just another hard days work.  I am still looking forward to more writing and hopefully, better time management.

My eyes begin to water while I stare motionless at the LCD screen of my laptop. If I start drooling, people around may just have to lift me together with the chair to rush me to the hospital. These cataleptic moments of mine are exactly the reason my friend suggested I join PayPerPost to take me out of the doldrums. Writing reports for 10 years now in a company dominated by Cruella de Vil has taken its toll on me. Not even imagining the boss to look like Shrek’s wife, Fiona, can make me smile these days.

Look who’s smiling now? My blog just got the nod from PayPerPost. I guess I owe this life-saving wake up call to a friend whose previously comatose existence was likewise revived by PayPerPost. More than the money, the opportunity adds a bit of zing to a monotonous life. White-collar jobs do pay the rent. But doing it for years can turn anyone into a zombie sometimes. Read the rest of this entry »

My second trial article for sneakin design was just approved. I can now write as much as I can on the topics available to me. But guess what? Every single topic available is about gambling. Moi? Write about gambling? The topics given to me were either about poker, backgammon, or blackjack. I can barely win a simple game of “tong-its“, let alone write about poker tactics or winning in blackjack.

Looks like testing the waters in online writing will turn out to be a real adventure for me. Wish me luck!

Those who have been gifted with the power to wield words and sentences are now augmenting their income (if not making it their bread & butter) by working as web content writers online. Some make as much as US$5 per article or it can go as low as PhP50 per article. I still don’t know enough to gauge the entire range of the rates that writers get.

I’m still trying to get the hang of it. I try to pick up bits and pieces of information whenever I can. Of course, you can’t expect the veterans to just divulge their trade secrets or just pull you into their network in a flash. They worked their butts off to get to where they are now. A newbie like me will have to do the legwork one way or the other. Hopefully I will stumble into some of the goldmines they discovered.

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