http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/12/05/ask-me-anything-beyond-elance Creativity is business too. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:23:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/12/05/ask-me-anything-beyond-elance/comment-page-1#comment-2761 thursday Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:32:11 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/?p=1292#comment-2761 @Jen, I know that some writers get caught up on the idea of content mills. I think it's hard to keep such things in perspective, because we all want the best opportunities we can find. Unfortunately, content mills are not really all that new — there were low-paying projects available to writers long before the internet came along! @Jen, I know that some writers get caught up on the idea of content mills. I think it’s hard to keep such things in perspective, because we all want the best opportunities we can find. Unfortunately, content mills are not really all that new — there were low-paying projects available to writers long before the internet came along!

]]> http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/12/05/ask-me-anything-beyond-elance/comment-page-1#comment-2754 Jen Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:38:44 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/?p=1292#comment-2754 Hi Thursday and Jennie, Just wanted to say thanks for the question and answer. As someone stepping slowly into freelance writing, I find it easy to become paralyzed for fear of getting caught up in writer mills and so on. Commentary on sites like elance tends to be polarized and it's nice to see an answer that strikes a middle ground and indicates both the positives and negatives plus tips on how to best use it. -Jen Hi Thursday and Jennie, Just wanted to say thanks for the question and answer. As someone stepping slowly into freelance writing, I find it easy to become paralyzed for fear of getting caught up in writer mills and so on. Commentary on sites like elance tends to be polarized and it’s nice to see an answer that strikes a middle ground and indicates both the positives and negatives plus tips on how to best use it. -Jen

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