Comments on: Writers Worth: This Job, Not That Job

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Thu, 15 May 2014 14:27:03 +0000

Yup – definitely the worst I've seen in a while. Imagine having to pay for the privilege of earning peanuts and then being left in the lurch when the site folds or disappears. So not worth it!

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Tue, 13 May 2014 20:27:33 +0000

Hilarious, Ashley! Just think of the $99 as the entry fee for your eyeball chase. 😉

By: Lori Widmer

Lori Widmer — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:37:30 +0000

Ashley, you had me laughing out loud at that image!

Laura, sadly your imagination probably is closer to reality than you think!

Paula, this is one race you don't want to win! :)

Jake, I wish it were from The Onion. That would make much more sense.

"I haven't seen anything worse than this, and I'm not a skilled enough horror-fiction writer that I could even create one." -- thanks for the chuckle!

By: Jake Poinier

Jake Poinier — Tue, 13 May 2014 15:00:21 +0000

Tell me this is from "The Onion," right?

And as far as your closing question: No, I haven't seen anything worse than this, and I'm not a skilled enough horror-fiction writer that I could even create one.

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:51:12 +0000

(First, I totally agree with Gabriella's comment about Ashley's eyeballs line!)

I thought the ad was bad long before I got to the $99/month kicker. But hey, it's exclusive - only ONE blogger will be accepted per location. (My hope is they won't find nearly that many suckers gullible enough to think this is a legitimate offer.)

By: laura@writingthoughts.com

laura@writingthoughts.com — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:49:49 +0000

How awful.

Like most writers, I get my share of "inquiries" wanting me to write for free. But this one goes above and beyond in terms of exploitation.

I can almost picture them sitting in a smoky back room somewhere saying something like, "a lot people want to be writers, let's take advantage of that..."

Of course, that's just my overactive imagination.

Sadly, I bet they will get some takers. I would hope not, but...

By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:34:16 +0000

"chase my eyeballs down the hall"

Gawd, I love good writing! That made me laugh. Thanks!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:17:48 +0000

WOW. Just wow. I had to go chase my eyeballs down the hall when they fell out after reading the bit about $99/month.

Oh but wait -- it's a STEAL at the introductory rate of $7 and only $39 after that! Oh oh oh sign me up!

/sarcasm

By: Lori Widmer

Lori Widmer — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:01:32 +0000

Thanks again, Jenn, for alerting me to this one. I hope no one fell for this, either. You'd have to be pretty darn thick to not see this for what it is.

Gabriella, isn't it the worst you've seen? I couldn't believe it. Part of me wanted to think it was a spoof, but it's not.

Made me gasp too, Cathy.

Exactly, Anne. They're taking the "membership" model and exploiting it to the nth degree.

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Tue, 13 May 2014 13:17:56 +0000

A great example of why we should never pay to get work.