I don’t think any issue in the freelance writing world gets people angrier than this one. With so many people out there launching new magazines, websites, blogs and e-zines, there is no shortage of folks looking for the written word but who aren’t able or willing to pay for it. And the ones who offer mere pennies for an article aren’t much better.

The rants are long, heated and usually have the same thing to say each time. Something along the lines that writers are professionals and we should be treated as such. Nobody else works for free, so why do people expect us too? (more…)

It was reading this article on The Internet’s Biggest Google Whores that made me realize that serious money could be made from online sites. Some of these websites are bringing in 5 or even 6 figure incomes, per month. Yes, I said per month. Not all of the people listed in that article are doing writing per se, but the point is unmistakable.

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A content network, as I use the term, refers to one of the many large sites that are broken down into topics/categories/channels or what have you. They maintain collections of articles and other content organized within these topics. About.com is a widely-known example of a content network.

Most (but not all) content networks hire on freelance writers to produce articles, based on a single topic. You are responsible for continually managing that one topic.

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I figured I’d start off on the ground floor here with my first post. What exactly am I talking about when I say “online writing”?

Well, the rather obvious answer is: “Writing that is published on the Internet.”

Nice and simple.

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