Comments on: Paid Reviews: Freelance Writer Boon or Bargain With The Devil? http://www.inklit.com/blog/2008/03/17/paid-reviews-freelance-writer-boon-or-bargain-with-the-devil/ Freelancing, Pro Blogging, Online Publishing Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Should You Write a Paid Review? Ask Yourself These Six Questions | Best Vhs Blog http://www.inklit.com/blog/2008/03/17/paid-reviews-freelance-writer-boon-or-bargain-with-the-devil/#comment-311 Should You Write a Paid Review? Ask Yourself These Six Questions | Best Vhs Blog Fri, 30 May 2008 09:54:42 +0000 http://www.inklit.com/blog/2008/03/17/paid-reviews-freelance-writer-boon-or-bargain-with-the-devil/#comment-311 [...] A version of this article originally appeared as part of the author’s series Paid Reviews: Freelance Writer Boon or Bargain With The Devil. [...] […] A version of this article originally appeared as part of the author’s series Paid Reviews: Freelance Writer Boon or Bargain With The Devil. […]

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]]> By: John Lockwood http://www.inklit.com/blog/2008/03/17/paid-reviews-freelance-writer-boon-or-bargain-with-the-devil/#comment-39 John Lockwood Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:37:40 +0000 http://www.inklit.com/blog/2008/03/17/paid-reviews-freelance-writer-boon-or-bargain-with-the-devil/#comment-39 No, I don't think what you said sounded presumptious at all. Part of my point in asking the question and doing a series to look into them is to discuss / discover whether and to what extent they're worth doing, both from an ad consumer's (reviewee's) point of view, and from the writer's. The fact that you've found other, more lucrative writing assignments is a legitimate contribution to that discussion. It may well turn out that writing for your web site / blog inevitably pays more than writing about you on some other blog, because the former is intrinsically more valuable. Anyone else? No, I don’t think what you said sounded presumptious at all. Part of my point in asking the question and doing a series to look into them is to discuss / discover whether and to what extent they’re worth doing, both from an ad consumer’s (reviewee’s) point of view, and from the writer’s.

The fact that you’ve found other, more lucrative writing assignments is a legitimate contribution to that discussion.

It may well turn out that writing for your web site / blog inevitably pays more than writing about you on some other blog, because the former is intrinsically more valuable.

Anyone else?

]]> By: Bob Younce http://www.inklit.com/blog/2008/03/17/paid-reviews-freelance-writer-boon-or-bargain-with-the-devil/#comment-38 Bob Younce Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:10:29 +0000 http://www.inklit.com/blog/2008/03/17/paid-reviews-freelance-writer-boon-or-bargain-with-the-devil/#comment-38 Great stuff, John. I'm not big on paid reviews, but I do recommend them as a way for newer writers to start. I cut my teeth writing web copy, and the paid reviews are, generally a bit below my pay grade. (Did that sound presumptuous? God, I hope not. I think it did, though. Ah, well.) Great stuff, John.

I’m not big on paid reviews, but I do recommend them as a way for newer writers to start. I cut my teeth writing web copy, and the paid reviews are, generally a bit below my pay grade.

(Did that sound presumptuous? God, I hope not. I think it did, though. Ah, well.)

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