Archive for May, 2009

As I said before, I write for Examiner.com (though lately, watching the bottom line flatten, I haven’t been such a good examiner.) This week, I happened to notice that one of the writing newsletters I receive, Angela Hoy’s Writer’s Weekly, decided to conduct a thorough examination of Examiner.
They did not like what they found.
For anybody [...]

I read a ton of freelance writing blogs, business blogs, money saving blogs, time saving blogs, and even funny blogs. I’m just a blog reader. And I can honestly say that Freelance Switch has been one of the most entertaining and informative blogs I have ever come across. First, it deals with my livelihood, freelancing [...]

I don’t know about you, but most of the time I get paid for my freelance writing work through Paypal. There are pros and cons to this. If I’m busy, I don’t have to leave the house to cash a check, but on the other hand, if I get a big paycheck, that little 1.9% [...]

Last Saturday night I came down with something that can only be described as an unholy cross between a Biblical plague and H1N1. Try as I might, I simply did not have the strength to get out of bed that Sunday, and by Monday I knew something was seriously wrong. If I were an employee, [...]

Plague Hiatus

In: Miscellaneous

8 May 2009

I’ve been on hiatus all this week due to an illness than can only be the Bubonic plague or the 1918-1919 Spanish flu. (But, according to doctors, it isn’t the swine flu, so whew.) I’ll be back next week and hopefully, better than ever. Thanks for sticking it out with me, readers. You can bet [...]


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  • Exposo: I just found a negative balance on my account because of some chargeback by their Paypal's buddies a [...]
  • Jenn Escalona: Hi Rusty, I'm glad I could be the guinea pig on this one. I really just felt that it didn't offer f [...]
  • Rusty Haines: I am so glad I came across your posts. I was just recently accepted as an Examiner, but didn't [...]
  • Jenn Escalona: Agreed. I finally got one payment, and that was after I'd abandoned the site for awhile. It seems li [...]
  • Stephanie: I write for examiner, and like that I can write about a topic I enjoy, but after 7 months of 2-4 art [...]

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December

The Write Room's Playpen (Literary Reading & Music Showcase) - Tuesday, 12/1/09 - Johnnie McCracken's Pub (Marietta, Georgia) - Join us for Festivus!