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Renigade3, ditto to you
posted by
Azur
on December 20, 2005 at 10:19 PM
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Jo, yes I like interaction
posted by
Azur
on December 20, 2005 at 10:19 PM
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Tapsel-T
Thank you. It's a shame principles get in the way of earning a living
posted by
Azur
on December 20, 2005 at 10:19 PM
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And we are lucky to have you blogging in our midst...
posted by
Renigade
on December 20, 2005 at 3:29 PM
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MayB, I really like your opinion on this. I would be a bit disappointed to read a travel article no matter how good it was and then find out the writer hadn't even been there. Of course probably only the writer would know, but I admire your your thinking here.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 20, 2005 at 3:18 PM
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I do it because I like someone talking back to me?
Don't you?
Jo
posted by
brisbane_artist
on December 19, 2005 at 9:23 PM
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Two cents a click? Where!? Where?!
posted by
majroj
on December 18, 2005 at 6:51 PM
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MayB--
Are you getting pissed, as I find myself getting, at certain bloggers here who are interested in the contents only of their own blogs? They come to your blog to thank you for reading them, and they go on about their favorite subjects, but rarely if ever have anything significant to say about what you have written. I won't name names, but I think you know who I am talking about. 
posted by
Hemlocker
on December 18, 2005 at 5:40 PM
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MayB
It depends on the individual I guess. Some bloggers--none from Blogit, I'm sure--have become full-time and are making some real money at it--at least compared to two cents a click. From my perspective, being a working writer--which I haven't been for a while--might suffer from blogitosis; but as you say, why not?
posted by
Hemlocker
on December 18, 2005 at 5:35 PM
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MayB
A
professional in my view is someone who makes a living doing a particular job. I was a
professional for over 25 years. Your blog made me do a double take, MayB, as I've subconsciously wondered where a professional would find the time to Blog. After reading your blog I thought, 'Why Not?' In my own profession I found time to write stories and articles about non-professional things.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 18, 2005 at 1:15 PM
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In France or specifically in the cities of Paris and Maseille, respectively the first and second largest cities in the country, the percentage of men above 30 and fomerly married and of immigrant ancestry occupaying emmergency homes is higher than native whites. I discovered this in a project whose name I can't disclose for professional reasons and secrecy oath. They all told us what brought them or contributed to bring them where they were. One thing though came up regularly, the role of social wellfare workers and women groups. But I came to the conclusion when Mrs Issabelle Alonso a well known femenists in France gave a blessing to the wave of divorce within immigrant populataion under the guise that it was a way through which they could get their emancipation. However, I am not totally against divorce, what I do dislike which rampant these days in France are the divorce based on trump charges. On this, thank you very much for reading and your comments are always very much welcomed . Thank and remained Blessed
posted by
Flame-thrower
on December 18, 2005 at 12:31 PM
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I'm sure everyone has different reasons for bothering to blog, professional
or not.
posted by
-blackcat
on December 18, 2005 at 12:11 PM
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Majroj, sadly they don't want the credibility of referencing
Who me? Holding off on starting an article?
posted by
Azur
on December 18, 2005 at 12:03 PM
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The cold medication's making me do this...
1. You ask how you could write about something you never experienced yourself with your byline? (You mean, of course, without considering the category of "Outright Lies"). Sure...but it will be a collection of quotes, footnotes, and attributions. Sort of like a university thesis.
But why not ask Lauren Hilenbrand about "Seabiscuit"?
2.You previous commentator, RachelAnna (unless someone else comments before I do), laughs about being asked to work cheap. Get used to it. It's the American Way, and more American by the week.
The professional spends time here to sort of rototill their mind a little, and to hold off on sitting down and starting "that damn article".
posted by
majroj
on December 18, 2005 at 10:48 AM
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I think you should be welcomed here
I just joined Blogit a couple hours ago so I don't know much about this community, but I do know that I'd be glad to have professionals here, sharing their experiences.
posted by
missjohn316
on December 18, 2005 at 9:01 AM
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lol
I don't know that I would call myself a professional, but I had to laugh reading this post. I have run into too many people lately who want me to work for peanuts.
Just yesterday I had to turn away a good deal of work, because after looking through what the client wanted for the price he was willing to pay, it wasn't worth my time. I started out getting paid next to nothing when I first got into freelancing, but I don't have to do that anymore. I have regular contacts that realize I'm worth more than that. More importantly, I realize I'm worth more than that.
posted by
RachelAnna
on December 18, 2005 at 8:34 AM
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MayB
You have been a great resource to those of us who are not "professionals" and for that I thank you!
You probably were not aware of that role until now, by the comments on your prior post and now this one, I am assuming you were not!
I appreciate having good mentors, whether they are aware of the role or not!
Having traveled most of this world a few times, we all like to have the best information possible. There have been times when it was so bad, it left a sour note because the information was not accurate to begin with. Needless to say, we didn't go back!
I am happy we have a professional who blogs...always glad when your around. We learn!
posted by
Offy
on December 18, 2005 at 5:33 AM
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Me too Passionflower
posted by
Azur
on December 18, 2005 at 1:09 AM
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MayB
i'm always looking to learn from another's experience. I hope you'll be here a long time.
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on December 17, 2005 at 11:22 PM
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I've gotten great ideas for stories or projects from other
Bloggers here. Some of them are witty and funny too....and have become great freinds.
posted by
Passionflower
on December 17, 2005 at 10:45 PM
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You got that right, MayB.
posted by
WindTapper
on December 17, 2005 at 8:56 PM
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HolyGrail
It would be interesting to see what threshholds people apply to deciding what is "professional" and what isn't? The other thing too is the writers need to know what people are doing and thinking and blogging is perfect for that.
posted by
Azur
on December 17, 2005 at 8:06 PM
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Why not indeed? We all have our reasons for being here, whether we get paid for writing elsewhere not. I, for one, would never question anyone's reasons.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on December 17, 2005 at 8:02 PM
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