New writing job is here

So, after a dry spell of having no paid writing jobs, a fun one with decent pay has come along.

I did the usual post ad on Gumtree thing a couple of weeks ago and received little interest until Wednesday when I received a call from a man called Mike (also from Chelmsford) who runs a site called Apple Uncovered (www.appleuncovered.com) which is a blog focusing on new news (double word intentional) on Apple products.

After a second chat on the phone yesterday, Mike sent me an email with the details: I will be writing about new products on a frequent basis at £3 per article on a long-term basis. There were 8 links about things I was to write about and so I got to it.

The first article was about the new Apple HQ in CA which I knocked out in a couple of hours and was told is excellent and went straight online. 2 more have been written since.

Following on from the well-written article, I was told that if they continue to be of such a good standard, I'll be able to upload them myself. Not bad for my first article about something I know very little about.

So, hopefully this job will continue and I'll actually have something to do over the summer.

Pete is a happy man.

PS - all writing will be done better than this lazy blog post.

PPS - I'm 23 tomorrow. Happiness has suddenly gone :(

A quick update

Yes, yes, I know I've been posting a lot recently but, if you've read each post, you'll see that I've been sat on this laptop thingy with a broken keyboard (damn you epilepsy!), whacking out articles for Devil's Deeds and London Impact. Along with this I've spent many hours on Gumtree looking for paid work. Sadly I was unsuccessful.

Until today, that is. During my daily browse I came across a website which is looking for writers which they'll be paying (amount I am currently unsure of but money's money, right?).

In other news: Semester B starts in a week which means that this blog will be updated with actual writing rather than updates weekly. However, it also means I won't get the lie-ins I've been taking advantage of these past weeks although, excluding Wednesday, all lectures begin at 1 which means an extra 2 hours sleep and an alarm set a bit later. Bliss or a bad idea? You decide.

That's it for now but knowing me, I'll probably knock out an article or update by tomorrow. We'll have to see.

A few updates

So, since my last post mentioning my first publication, I've managed to get a couple other pieces published which I'll link below. I also managed to hook myself a little job rewriting news articles. However, this site appears to have lost some interest in me suddenly so I don't know where this will be leading to or if I'm still on their writers list. Ho hum.

http://www.devilsdeeds.com/booksreviewcomment.html - This link has two of my current pieces on it: review of a book on Kraftwerk and the most recent one on how books are an endless source of inspiration.

I've also written another piece on Islington which is due to be put onto London Impact when it launches at the beginning of next month so I'll post a link up to that when it happens.

Following on from that, semester B starts on the 7th which means a return of the weekly postings of assignments.

Fun times ahead.

Good news re. previous post

As you may have read in my previous post (if you did read it,that is), I'd written a review for my current living area of Beckton/UEL. This article was sent off and, after waiting a few days I got a nice reply of:

"Thank you for submitting to London Impact. We have looked at your work and we will be using it in our debut online publication".

So it looks like my journey as an article writer is beginning.

I have also applied and will be appearing in another article site due to appear on Friday. I'll keep the name secret until my article appears. Saying that, it won't be mentioned on this blog so you'll just have to find it yourself. Think of it as a treasure hunt, if you'd consider a book review to be treasurable.

If I write an article to appear on one of the sites it won't be appearing on here and vice versa. Best to keep things fresh and different, wouldn't you say? Rather than clicking on a link just to find yourself reading the same thing which you read two minutes ago.

Keep an eye out for the next posts :)

Pete