Now a Writer for QualityGal!

I applied for QualityGal early last week, and completed my test assignment over the weekend. Monday, I received an email stating that I was approved as a writer! I haven’t begun to claim assignments just yet, as finals are next week and I want college out of the way before I become more focused on my writing work again. I requested payment on my test article, and I should have the money by the weekend. I plan to follow up this post in a few weeks after I’ve been paid and have written a bit more for this site. I will definitely let you all know if they are worth your time. I’ve heard plenty of recommendations for them though, so I am sure I’ll have good things to say!

Rejection…

I had my first rejection this week…I was turned down to write for WiseGEEK. This probably wasn’t the best time to apply, as I have the weight of summer semester on my shoulders while trying to learn a new writing style and produce high quality articles that meets very strict standards. However, I made it through the first round of testing, and thought I was going to be okay….

But I was wrong! After the second batch of articles, they decided that I hadn’t improved enough from the first batch, though I made sure not to make the same mistakes twice. I can still say they are a good company, as the review and payment times for both sets of articles were super fast. However, it’s definitely one of the first places you should apply to if you are just starting out as a freelance writer.

This was definitely a blow to my writing ego, but I am not taking it too bad. Honestly, I’m on with several other companies, and I’ve won numerous projects from job bidding sites, so getting one rejection can’t be too bad, right? If anything, it just keeps me grounded by not allowing me to think I am the best writer on the planet (though I never thought that to begin with! )

Fresh Start

When redoing the site, I considered scraping everything I had and starting anew. However, I have over a year of content on here, and someone may find my older posts beneficial to them in some way. Therefore, I decided just to leave everything and just move forward. The site will now feature internet marketing advice as well as that of freelance writing. I am gradually making the shift from writing for others to writing solely for myself. I’ll pass along any good information and products I find to help me along the way, in order to help you get started or progress in your ventures of writing, marketing, or both!

The site still needs a little work, such as re-categorizing the posts, but I really had to get it out of maintenance mode. Expect a few more changes and some new stuff added in the next few days. I’m ready to use this site to it’s full extent rather than letting it collect virtual dust!