Oh, what I would do if time were like money in a bank. If all those days I frittered away (is that a real word-frittered? or a Southern thing?) could be withdrawn now and used in a more, uh, constructive manner.
But time isn’t like that. And I have so many projects in the pan now that I haven’t seen the light of day for weeks. I’m seriously taking on the pallor of the undead. But maybe you’re looking for a project to get you started in your writing. Maybe Bella Online would be a good fit for you.
I stumbled across Bella Online when searching for an article and noticed they were looking for editors. It’s a web-content rich site where each editor builds her section. I should say each female editor, because it’s also an estrogen-rich site. Pay is tied in with advertising. If you have time to invest, you could really reap a big payoff.
These kinds of writing opportunities are geared to new writers with a need to establish a presence and experience. The site provides templates to work with and I had the impression, all the help you need. Take a look around, find out what editors Bella Online needs, and see what this site has to offer.
Lots of opportunities if you’ve got time on your hands. I’ve got to get back to work, but I plan to fritter away my Easter weekend…(Seriously, did I make up the verb “fritter”??? And thanks to Charkrem at flickr.com for the yummy apple fritters-which are real and delicious!)
Cathy C. Hall Writes 
Hi Cathy,Thanks for the tip about Bella and the discussion about “fritter.”Fritter is a verb I use on occasion.Donna
If I could find my dictionary, I’d look it (fritter) up…I guess I could look it up online, but that’s too easy :-)I WAS surprised at how many kinds of fritters there are- I only knew apple (I thought deep-fat frying was a Southern thing. It’s a separate food group here).
I saw the Apple Fritters, over reacted, and went back to S&S to wait for you and the family. My bad!
Ha! I hope you at least got a fritter!
You do not fritter away time — you research. Whether it’s playing a game on-line, talking to someone or reading something, in my warped brain, it’s research of some type. “Frittered” was part of my northern vocabulary all my life but fritters are definitely good and Southern.
I like the way you think, Anita 🙂 And thanks for weighing in on “fritter”…still haven’t found my dictionary!
I wrote for Bella for a while. I wanted to learn what they had to teach. There are some great training articles on writing for the web and a lot of articles to help you learn to market smart. Definitely worth the time if you have the time. As far as bringing in traffic, though? I found I got more traffic on my personal blogs than I did on my Bella articles. So I decided to put my energy into my own blogs.
Yeah, Sally, I agree… there’s definitely more name recognition in blogging (than in web content writing). And more fun, too 🙂