Writing Business | Cathy C. Hall Writes

After months of waffling back and forth, I finally hooked up with Demand Studios, a web content provider that pays a little cash for a little knowledge and speedy writing. And I’m constantly amazed at the articles I find on their assignment board. This week, I got paid to write “How to Write a Check for Cash.”

Now, besides being easy money, the whole check-cashing article was HI-larious to the beneficent Mr. Hall. See, I refuse to do banking business. It’s not that I can’t do banking business. Just that I don’t like to do the banking business. But I wrote that little “how to” and took that little check payable to Cathy C. Hall straight to the bank. (It was Paypal, actually, but that doesn’t work as well with that particular bon mot, does it?)

So, if you have knowledge about specific topics, like knives, or wood lathes, or um, banking, and you can write simple “How to” articles fast and furiously, then it pays to check out Demand Studios.

I read in my big-city newspaper where researchers from the University of Georgia (Shout out to PR guy, Anonymous!) concluded that folks who go overboard with the social networking might be a tad narcissistic. Frankly, I’m shocked. I mean, can’t a person talk about themselves ad infinitum without being super self-absorbed?

I, for one, can’t wait to see what my buddy, Bill, has to say on his podcast and BillTV. And now he has a vlog! So, if you’d like to see a very funny guy talk about well, himself, then head over to BillTV right now.

Now, I know you’re wondering what the heck does Bill’s vlog have to do with writing? As it happens, one man’s narcissism is another man’s (or woman’s) promotion. So, you could learn a thing or two about promoting your work by watching Bill’s vlog and other YouTube videos. Plenty of authors are taking it to that 4 x 4 inch screen, making videos about their books, and driving up sales.

Betcha didn’t think of that, did you? Lucky me. I know exactly who I’ll call for a few tips when I produce the Cathy C. Hall of Fame vlog.