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You No Longer Have My Heart

You no longer have my heart....
- the team at ASeniorHaven.com

You No Longer Have My Heart

You no longer have my heart. Why does this perplex you? Don't you know that a heart is a funny thing when left unattended. It has a peculiar rhythmic beat. A beat, that when in the throws of an unabashed love, produces a vibrancy within, that floods the heart with untold passion. Left without this for any long period of time can cause a heart to stray. The beats become irregular, and send out the sensations of a heart denied. Beats undetected by the constraints of the mind. A sound that reverberates to other hearts throbbing with the same longing. A longing for passion again. And so my heart found itself in that place, aching to be made right. With each passing moment my heart pulsated with a fervor. It was reaching out to find another heart beating with the same rhythmic intensity. One soon emerged.

When hearts such as these find each other, it is an unparalleled experience. It is not like those whose beats are in their usual state of being. The closer these two hearts get to each other, the more pronounced the beats. Pounding out a message to nourish one another. Feeding, and being fed. A euphoric drumming taking place as they search to find the uniformity of the common beat. A beat between them that will produce such exquisite passions. Even as they search for this they are feeling the sweetness of each intertwined beat. There is nothing to compare it to. So my former love, hopefully you will learn from this a lesson. Never leave the heart of the one you love unattended, or you'll no longer have that heart.

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Faith McDermott is an aspiring writer, and the current webmaster for We Can-2 (http://www.wecan.internetbasedfamily.com) A site for women to network together to find information/resources to improve themselves, and each other.

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TechCrunch is reporting that AOL's Seed.com (content production site for freelance writers) is making its grand debut at Austin's SXSW festival. The article at TechCrunch describes a handful of freelancers being assigned interviews with SWSX musical talent, but what it fails to mention is that Seed does not generally assign articles in this manner.

As I revealed in this blog post about AOL's Seed.com, any article that a writer chooses to write does not belong solely to that writer. Any number of writers can choose and write the same article. At deadline the editor could possibly choose your article, or they could possibly choose the same article from one of the several others turned in. In addition to that, the fine print at Seed also notes that the editor can choose NO ONE!

What Seed gets you, then, is a whole lot of low paid on spec work which you may or may not be paid for.

Another galling part of TechCrunch's piece is the line  "Seed writers are held to the same standards as any other freelancer on the AOL site. AOL Music's managing editor Melissa Olund and her team edit the submissions and have final say on what runs and what doesn't."

Seed is trying to sell this as a "normal" way of functioning, and it's not. Most editors assign out one writer to cover one subject and write one article. That article is judged on its own merits, and is either killed (sometimes for a kill fee), sent back for editing, or ran as is. Articles written on spec for bottom-of-the-barrel pay are not the norm.

Seed needs to just admit and be clear about how their model works, and stop pretending that it's anything better or different than Helium's marketplace, or any other content mill. If freelancers choose to work for Seed anyway, that's fine, but Seed and AOL are not being clear and honest about HOW this model works and the true risks that freelancers are taking in writing these assignments. At least Demand Media assigns one writer to one title and has a well-advertised system for editing, killing and paying for a piece.

AOL's Seed at SXSW originally appeared on About.com Freelance Writing on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 16:54:48.

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A confession of sorts: I had no idea that Odesk uses proprietary software to track freelancers actions while they are working on Odesk, until today, when I read about it at Deb's writing blog. My freelance work has exploded to the point where I very rarely have to go looking for work, and when I do, I am fortunate to be able to skip places like Odesk. However, in doing so, I feel like I"m getting more and more out-of-touch with the beginner roots that I am charged to educate here. So, to help solve that, I apologize, and am inviting guest blog posts specifically from newbies. You may email me for details.

Until then, feel free to leave me a comment-- are you a new writer? What info, specifically, are you looking for? Or, did you already know about the Odesk system? How crazy is it?

An Odd Thing Odesk Taught Me originally appeared on About.com Freelance Writing on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 19:56:27.

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Today  I received an email from an editor about a pitch I'd made 4 months ago! I had pretty much given up on it, even though I was keen to write for this magazine, as it's education-focused and that's one of my niche areas.

This was a blind pitch- that is, I didn't have a contact or introduction of any sort to the magazine. There was also not one of those notices that that you see on freelance writing job boards ("Hey, we're looking for ideas and writers, please pitch us at xxxx") which are a good way to get into a magazine.

No, this assignment went like this:

1)Idea

2)Writer's Market

3)Pitch

4)Wait

But I was patient, and finally got the assignment!

What kind of turnaround times have you experienced in pitching magazines?

Story of a Successful Pitch originally appeared on About.com Freelance Writing on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 10:40:24.

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This morning, in checking my iGoogle, I came upon an excellent post from Catalyst Blogger. Jennifer outlines several ways to spot a content mill. I think it's a great introduction for those who are new to this game. I refuse to make a value judgment on content mills either way, but I do think it's important for you to know what you're getting into. Therefore, please go read How to Spot a Content Mill. Then, make a purposeful, conscious choice about your work.

Content Mill Must-Read for New Writers originally appeared on About.com Freelance Writing on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 08:36:08.

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This morning I ran across this great post about writer's burnout at The Writers Manifesto. "Tumblemoose" had many great suggestions on dealing with burnout, and I shared mine, which is to switch up your freelancing as much as possible. For example, I've been managing a large Spanish-English translation project (which is a service that my freelance writing company also provides) and it's kept me away from writing. Now, I miss writing, but I think in February I did about 5 articles for three different trade magazines, and I was a little zombie-fied. This project has allowed me to step into a different role, and once it's done, I'll be fresh to write!

Not sure how you can switch up the services your provide? Check out these 15 additional career paths for freelance writers.

Many freelance writers are looking for a way to diversify their income. Leave a comment about how YOU do it.

Great Post on Burnout, and My Advice originally appeared on About.com Freelance Writing on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 09:12:06.

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Just got a great email from Janice Campbell at National Association of Independent Writers and Editors.  In honor of Words Matter Week, they are hosting a free teleclass about "The Freelance Life." It is (today) Wednesday the 3 at 3:30 EST (GMT-5). Very interesting. I hope some of my readers can check it out.

Free Teleclass Wednesday Care of NAIWE originally appeared on About.com Freelance Writing on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 21:26:27.

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