Yesterday I asked
what had happened to the adsense ads that I used to have on this
page. Then I went and did some research. It seems, that unless I’m
getting 10,000 views per month, I won’t be getting any ads. It also
seems that I need to keep my posts longer than 500 words.
I don’t know about
any of my readers, but I think that for the most part I’m going to
have no problem meeting that word limit. Although to a poet like
myself (at least I have pretensions of being a poet at times) that
500 words is a large amount of fluff to throw at the page without
ever really saying anything.
On any subject that
I’m familiar with I can actually get some good detail done with a
piece of that size, and as anyone can see by this post, it isn’t
really hard to stretch out what is written in a post that really
isn’t very informative.
One other thing that
I found is that it seems that it is a good idea to link your blog to
your youtube channel. Now one thing I must admit is that I don’t
really have a youtube channel, though I do comment on items on
youtube.
But why don’t you
have a youtube channel? Simple, because I have a face for radio, and
a voice for silent movies! Or in other words I at least feel that I
don't do well at speaking, and that my audience would be in danger of
hurling if they saw my mug.
Of course I could
just do audio with white boards or screen shots to back the audio…
But like I said, at least in my opinion, I don’t have a very good
voice.
Ah well, off to
upwork www.upwork.com to see if
I can’t find some sort of small gig to get my foot in the door as a
proofreader… Though what I’ve seen there is very frustrating. It
seems that everyone who wants someone to do that job is looking more
for an ‘expert’ reader than a proofreader. After all you really
don't even need a MFA to proofread effectively. At least for English
you don't need such a credential. After all what you really need is
to be familiar with written English and how it should be done. And
that familiarity can come from a variety of sources. I like to say
that my source for my knowledge of how the English language is
written is from reading a large number of both fiction and
non-fiction books, where I’ve had the displeasure of having spent
my money on something to discover that there were spelling errors in
it!
I do believe that
I’m going to see if I can also convince another place to take me on
as an ‘extern’ that is someone who learns while they work but
from a remote location, rather than a central office. I’ll make an
offer that ought to be hard for them to refuse, that is to work for a
certain amount of money each week regardless of the work they shove
in front of me. If past experience is any guide, I get through quite
a pile of work anyway when it comes to proofreading. I guess I should
go now.
Until my next post,
read, rate, and follow my work please!
