I did it!

I woke today to find an email in my inbox that was as exciting as one's first paycheck when you're 16. Less than one month ago I started this blog as a definitive step towards becoming a writer. When I started it, I *finally* started researching actual writing opportunities on the internet that would actually pay. With a little bit of uncertainty and a dose of skepticism I think deep inside I believed it wasn't actually possible to get paid to write, especially for things on the internet (scam city right?). I think I believed that it had to be a big pain in the rear, finding editors and publishers, sweating through queries and drafts and changes *they* want to make to your writing and your life. And who knows, maybe in the bigger world it still is.

But all I know is that today I got a $50 deposit made to my paypal account, for writing three small articles which did ME the good of having to exercise my mind to try to find that humorous side of me again, work on my brevity, and entertain enough to qualify to be published on this site. $50!! The things I'm willing to do for $50! Short of sleeping til noon, there's pretty much nothing that's easier for me to do for fifty bucks than write.

Technically, I did make my first pay-for-writing a few weeks ago, doing five 500 word articles for an SEO. Took me about an hour writing anything I could come up with on the topic of "Automotive" and an hour later I'd made 25 bucks. That was a really random, super easy job and I hope to get more this month. I guess it didn't seem as gratifying as an accomplishment since it was basically BS stuff just to incorporate the word tags for them, whereas upmyownass.com, despite the unfortunate name, actually required more thought and wit and skill on my part.

I gotta say, although it's not like a novel concept and one that I didn't know would come whenever I did actually put my nose to it, the feeling of getting paid for doing what I do probably second-best (second only to Love, but for that I started getting dividends looooong ago :)) is pretty cool, possibly even addicting. I'd meant to get around to it eventually, and now I guess here we are! Why, I think I'll keep going. :)