Archive for June 2009

Fresh Start

June 29, 2009 Kecia My Journey, Writing No comments

I decided to move my freelance writing blog over to my personal domain. I did this for a few different reasons. I like using WordPress for my blogs, and having an independent blog means freedom from the restraints of the free blogging sites. Don’t get me wrong, Blogger is a great place to start blogging, but if you want 100% control of your content, plugins, etc., then you need to get your blog on your own domain. Also, it’s easier to remember the new address rather than the long “.blogspot.com” one.

(What I thought was going to be) the hardest part was importing my old posts from Blogger to WordPress. However, there’s an “Import” feature under Tools in the WP dashboard that moved all my content over in like 45 seconds. It was so cool, and I didn’t have to worry about manually doing it. Just one more thing to love about WordPress.

Anyways, welcome to the new site. I’ll be adding some more links and whatnot in the next couple of days. Also, I’m always up for link exchanges, so feel free to link my blog and I’ll add you to my blogroll!

Rounding Out June

June 29, 2009 Kecia Writing No comments

Wow, where has this month gone? It’s been quite a while since I’ve stopped by here and blogged, but the month of June has practically flew by me! I celebrated my 25th birthday on the 11th, which was quite nice, thanks to my husband and family. The rest of this month has just been applying for writing gigs and working.

I’m now up to 16 articles on eHow, which is bringing in about $8/month. 5 of these articles have just been posted within the last month, so I’m sure they haven’t reached their full earning potential yet. I’ve been making use of the Groups at eHow, posting my articles in a few as soon as I write them. This has helped me get comments and friends on the site…which seems beneficial to my earnings.

Demand Studios is currently taking up most of my writing time. They have changed their queue guidelines so that there is not much of a limit any longer. Before, I had a limit of 10 articles that I could hold in my queue at one time. When I wrote an article, it stayed in my queue and took up one space until it was approved by an editor. After the changes took place, articles that are under review no longer count toward the queue limit. I’ve increased my writing there, and have also reduced the number of rewrites I have received. I decided to branch out from writing only “How To’s” and found that I like the “About” format much better.

I purchased a domain name for my portfolio a few months ago, and I am considering moving my blog over to it. The reason for this is that I like blogging with WordPress on an independent domain much better than using a free blog like this one here at Blogger.com. I just have to figure out how to switch it over, but expect a new location soon!