Comments on: Volunteering – The Best Career For the Unpaid Writer

By: Surviving the Holidays…FYW Style! | Fuel Your Writing

Surviving the Holidays…FYW Style! | Fuel Your Writing — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:01:53 +0000

[...] her October 5th post, Giselle Maclean wrote about how volunteering can work wonders for your career. It can work wonders [...]

By: Eden Tyler

Eden Tyler — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:57:53 +0000

Reading your reply to my comment, I saw the quotation marks and thought — hey, I’m about to get some great advice! Yeah, it took a second to realize you were quoting Me! Too funny!!!
That’s definitely a first. And it was definitely weird….

I love this article. I posted a link to it on my site and I put it on Twitter and Facebook! Great job =)

By: Giselle

Giselle — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:03:32 +0000

Congratulations Eden! You are living the dream. I love to hear success stories. But more so, I am thrilled that you will continue to volunteer your writing services to sites such as Fuel.

I love this comment.

“No one ever said this was an easy road, but it’s so worth it if you’re willing to do the work.”

You are so right. Writing is rewarding, but it requires that you give quite a bit of your time, and focus.

I appreciate your comments. Well done!

By: Giselle

Giselle — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:57:55 +0000

Thanks for your comments Christopher. Quite a few people have shared their great experiences using ezine. I have yet to submit an article to the site, but I just may do so in the near future. Please let me know when your post is published for Fuel Your Blogging. Though I am new to the blogging world, I find that the site is tailored to all levels of bloggers.

By: Eden Tyler

Eden Tyler — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:21:19 +0000

This is a great article!

I recently (as in, a couple days ago) got a job where I’m actually getting paid to write articles and I’m beyond thrilled!

But–and this is a biggie–before that, I wrote on my two blogs and I contributed regularly on an aspiring author’s website called, If You Give a Girl a Pen…. Then, in August, I joined the team here at Fuel.

They have all been the best experiences. I know I wouldn’t be in a position to be getting paid to do what I love if I hadn’t spent so much times writing for free.
Those experiences helped me, and (I hope) other writers, as well.

In fact, just because I’m technically a professional now, it doesn’t mean I’m quitting the writing I did before. That’s how much I adore it! I’m still going to write for Fuel–in fact, I just finished an article and am about to submit it. I contribute almost daily to the other writers’ site, and I try to keep my blogs updated somewhat frequently. Along with all of this, I’m still working on my novel.

No one ever said this was an easy road, but it’s so worth it if you’re willing to do the work.
I hope a lot of people read what you wrote and take you up on your advice because it’s great and it’s true!

-Eden*

By: ChristopherR2D2

ChristopherR2D2 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:48:17 +0000

Nice post Giselle,

I personally found ezine articles to be helpful for two reasons – they allow you to post articles on just about anything and they’re pages rank well with the search engines, giving you an advantage over posting at a new blog.

In addition, the site reveals your viewer stats, giving you an idea of what’s working and what’s not.

If you’re looking to position yourself as an authority in your niche, definitely consider ezine. Another great place similar to ezine is squidoo – this place enables its members to create entire pages (or lenses as their call them) on any given topic.

Fuel is also a great place to contribute! I’m working on a few ideas for FuelYourBlogging at the moment.