My Writing Experiment Blog

I’ve been running this writing experiment for a year now, and it’s time to evaluate it.  I’ll answer the questions listed on my About page.  Did I have fun?  Was I good at it?  Did I make any money?

The Big Questions

Did I have fun even when treating writing like a job?  Hell yes. I didn’t enjoy . . . → Read More: Writing Experiment Wrap-Up

September was a complete success for me!  I earned $105 by writing articles for Demand Studios.  What an awesome feeling!  I know a hundred dollars isn’t much, but it sure beats the measly $5 per month I’ve been making from eHow.

The really cool thing about September is I got a great idea for my next online . . . → Read More: September Results

I did not finish my goals for August, but I wouldn’t call this month a failure.  I began writing eHow articles for Demand Studios, which is huge community of freelance writers.  I was accepted to Demand Studios automatically because I had already written for eHow.

Writing for Demand Studios is much more structured than I am used . . . → Read More: August Results

May has been a disappointing month as far as my eBook is concerned.  I had over two thousand visitors from Google ads and 0 sales from them.  The only two sales I made were from newsletter subscribers, giving me a grand total of $10 of earnings.

Advertising dollars spent in May: $300.00
Revenue earned: $10.00
Balance: ($-290.00)

I thought that . . . → Read More: May Results

March was a great month for my writing!  I finished writing my eBook, which came out to about 43 pages and a little over 17,000 words of solid content.  My goal was to reach either 40 pages or 20,000 words, so I am happy with it coming out to over 40 pages.  This first draft is . . . → Read More: March 2010 Results

In January I came up with a list of 14 eBook ideas that I could write and sell online.  I collected a ton of marketing data about each idea that helped me decide on which eBook to write.  I decided to write my book about setting and achieving goals.  See my last post for more information . . . → Read More: January 2010 Results

In December I wanted to polish my eHow articles, promote them on other web sites, and expand my eHow community by adding friends and making comments on other writers’ articles.  I proofread all 25 of my articles (the one article that was previously deleted by eHow staff has been reinstated), added images to the articles that . . . → Read More: December 2009 Results