HeyJaredThe Word Merc
I write for a living and I live to write. If that describes you or your goal, you're in good company here. I've been writing online in one way or another since 2016 and recently published my first novel, so I've learned a few things.
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You’re Not Going To Starve (You’ll Just Be Really, Really Hungry) (opens the original)
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When I first jumped into freelance writing, I did the hat trick of low-paid gigs. I sold my work on Fiverr (back when gigs were actually $5). I wrote for content mills (which pay you pennies to write as many words as you can as fast as you can). I wrote for well-meaning but cash-strapped publications that could only pay a nominal fee.It was no way to make a living. For those first few years I didn’t make more than a few hundred bucks a month (or a thousand, if I was lucky). I needed other jobs t
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