Kickstarting A Nomadic Writing Career Move

Not sure where this motel is but, it's likely no different from any of the other motels I want to move into to focus on my writing. Photo Credit: "Notel 2" is a morgueFile image by Andalusia and under the a No Attribution Required License from the site

I started a Kickstarter for this last night. I'm still working on it, but the seed has been planted. I've been wanting to sort out some way for me to travel and focus on what I want to do. (Bubblews)

Current Limits To Posting

This represents the block put into place, keeping you from venturing out into other places. Places I might want to check out, right? In a way, Bubblews is like that. I mean, there's a sale right other there behind them cones! I know I can jump the fucker, but that's not the point! Anyway... this is a morgueFile from some dude who doesn't care that I use this image. Eh, go fuck yourself.

Cause I'm A Visual Guy

A few weeks ago or something like that, the revenue-sharing social writing network I use called Bubblews made some more improvements to their platform. While they're still tweaking and improving, I get frustrated with some of the limits there are to posting where I get the sense I should limit my posting to a certain type of posts which are more fitting to the look. I've said it before, maybe fiction stories or some shit like that but I don't know, and it has a lot to do with the images on there too. I've said it before, I don't like using stock images from their PixaBay shelf because others do the same. I'm a strong believer that without the visual, no one's gonna give a shit. Anyway, here's where I talk about that. I'm seriously thinking about salvaging what I can through that or moving to another content creation platform. (Bubblews)

"Another Way Bubblews Might Have Limited The Views For Our Posts"

Even as I write this -- about fifteen minutes after posting it -- I still have no likes on the post or any sign that it's even being passed in front of reader's eyes. Not even a basic display in the service's community or membership. And since me or anyone else on Bubblews isn't able to see any of the views, there's no way to really know unless I use bitly or some service to shorten the link for me to see any results from the thing. No, there's no way that my posts are actually so boring that no one has any interest in them but seriously, I would think that at least a post about Bubblews and how they might be limiting views can't at least get a few people on board with it. (Bubblews)

"I'm A Slow-ass Writer" #Writing via @Blogger

Do you ever get that feeling that you're lagging behind your potential? Of course you do! It's what motivates us to do better. To kind of put things in my kind of narrative, I'm going to start with describing how I learned that I was a slow ass writer. Hopefully, this is the last time I lag behind this badly! (I'm A Slow Ass Writer!)

My Fight With Uncertainty Continues

I don't remember that anyone ever told me to fight for what I wanted. Because, I don't think I ever knew or made it clear to anyone around me. For me it was enough to just live, be or whatever.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that other than that it's left me unprepared and constantly frustrated from day-to-day. But let me put this together for you.

I don't have time to put together a plan. My daily writing habits usually put me in two modes, 1. at a high cerebral level, trying to come up with something to write about or 2. burnout, where I can't even string two words together to save my life.

This doesn't leave me very much opportunity to write anywhere else. So for the meantime, I'm only writing for one revenue-sharing service where I earn the majority of my income.

This also leaves me with very little choice but to plan out other things that that income can support, assuming there aren't drastic changes. These drastic changes I've written about through the same service, since it seems to immediately benefit those within that specific community.

But it looks like I might have expressed my enjoyment a bit too soon because in another post, I found that my saint-like patience would be tested.

Right now, I'm waiting for some of these redemption payments which are already behind by several days. That's generally not a big deal for me. What is a big deal is not knowing if I'm still going to get the other pending payments before the rules changed when I need them?

I think I might need to explain this a bit more.

These are the dates I redeemed:

[09.21.2014],
[09.25.2014],
[10.03.2014],
[10.09.2014]

The rules are that one month after the redemption date, these payments are processed. So, regarding the first date, I expected to get a deposit notice via email on 10.21.2014.

I understand how things work! If not on that date than maybe two to three days after that. No big deal.

Maybe you're expecting that I'm financially well enough to be so said laid-back, but that's not true at all. I just understand how these things work. I made a commitment to deal with it when I first started; to just be patient.

But here's another very important detail about these redemption payments. The last three dates are at double the payments before them. So, the sums are larger which concerns me a bit more as they're in that pending limbo I mentioned, all during the time that the policy to redeem once a month kicked in with the additional 60 days redemption to deposit date.

All of this is uncertain and even more so if I only rely on this site for income. Besides this very tedious and stressful issue, I don't know that I would be doing myself a service by complaining. Most people get frustrated with even less, and I don't want to be that guy. I am going to stick with it but, I'm also seeing the reality of me returning to those online freelance slave-markets I hate.  

That just makes the fact that money is money more obscene. 

Facebook Gives-In, Under Pressure

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So just what the fuck happened a few days ago? The people at the content site Bubblews are still trying to figure that out. According to the C.E.O's latest update, Facebook got such a response from Bubblews supporters that, not only did Facebook bring back the Bubblews page but they also put back all the links they had originally removed.

Here's an example where something gets put back right where it was as if nothing ever happened. That gives me a little bit of hope for better things in the world, but I'm not about ready to pack it in with the negativity yet. The world is still a shitty place and I'm fond of eating so much shit these days that drastic changes to my diet will probably kill me. 

The Content Site Killer Attacks!!!

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Yep. A few weeks ago I wrote a post about some potential set backs with changes to the way social networking services are making things a bit difficult for content sites. Well, there was another mild set back this last week, which is determined by who you ask. It's more of a set back for the content site service than for us writers. (The Truth About Why Bubblews Why Removed By Facebook)

After some extra clicking here and there, I finally found what looked like the reason for why Facebook went after them. It's manageable because I can still get around the problem by going through pinterest or twitter. The only issue is that I can't really set my sites on using the page I created for it, since pinterest and twitter automatically post. I would have to create a new post in tumblr or some other blog and post the link there. (Facebook Considers Bubblews A Spam Distributor)

All of this is disheartening because the powers behind the internet are obviously shifting to push or squash the little guy and everything is going to be bottle-necked so they can monetize traffic they consider relevant or irrelevant and that's scary. But it's happening.

It made me also think about how there's a gap between what the mega social networking services do and the smaller ones do. The other day there was a TedTalk video shown to us at school about how Starkbuck's business model is all about customer service. That's it. It's not about coffee, it's about the customer.

So imagine is that were also the case with this? Imagine that a revenue-sharing service were generous enough to think in terms of more for the people who do the work, like writers, instead of for their stock holders? There's nothing wrong with the little guy but suddenly, content isn't quality to those who make the rules and everyone has to play their game or suffer being left out. (Bubblews Invests In People, Facebook Invests In Algorithm)

But we all have these little digital social bubbles now, where we can start our own Facebook if we want to. It's something I've thought about more and more, because it's times like these I wish there was a better plan than to bend to the will of Facebook, like create my own Facebook. (I Would Create My Own 'Facebook' Site To Help, But I Can't)

If I were in Bubblews' shoes, I would feel like Saverin when Zuckerberg fucks him over in the end. That's pretty much what just happened here. 

Shifting Gears Around Content Site Killer

I didn't have to put off writing the about section for this blog, but for now, I'll just write what I have to say and throw in what this blog is supposed to be about.

This blog is about the difficulty of writing and getting paid for it. More to the point, it's about my uphill battle with making it a success. For now, things seem to have improved. At the same time, there have been drastic changes and me being forced to switch gears, feels like I'm eating shit again, but I'm going to keep trying.

Online Content Services

Alright so here's the deal. In one of the revenue-sharing services I use most, there was a post that said both Hubpages and Squidoo were merging together in the next few weeks. This comes just when I'm starting to get into using either service. The layout is great and the demand for quality posts is very high. What better way to cut my teeth on the thing? I need the discipline along with the money.

Which also brings the Amazon associates program I just rejoined. There's some extra effort that has to be made with the integration of a plug in to get the html for the widget embedded in the text, but otherwise I could just use a hyperlink. It doesn't look as good nor is it a guarantee that it will drive traffic to the area. I'm still very green on this, but taking the time to learn it and use it as much as I can.

Here in the next few days, another service that I use called allvoices is switching to a new layout but also deleting content and yet, another service Yahoo contributor is doing the same during the first week of September. I already knew about these services before I knew about Hubpages and Squidoo. That shit just dropped on me during the last few days. 

If that's not enough, Teckler is a shitty service that hasn't even had activity from it's admins as they seem to have completely abandon it in April. Their twitter account, the site is now only full of spam with every post. The thing is that at all of these sites, I have posts and I haven't made the decision whether to recycle them or not.

Abandon My Posts?

Last year and well into this year, I kept track of my posts in a separate file. I was doing pretty good, but for only one of the services. The other ones I figured I would catch up with later. That's a mistake to go along with another one I make which was to delete the file I had before. 

This is where I'm supposed to just take the time to do what I set myself to do but I don't have that discipline and never got around to it. So, I have too much work in front of me and I kind of feel like there's no point to recovering any of them. At this point it would be stupid for me to try and so I need to just cut my losses and move on. 

Let them disappear. I can improve on them in a different way later. Of course, I still need to find some way to keep track of these things so I'm doing round-up posts for all of them in my many blogs. Let me explain how this is going to work.

As I write throughout the day, each post will go into it's own category which will be:

• writing
• personal
• current events
• ideas

At the very least, this is what I'll have and at the end of every day, I will take each of those posts and link them in a new blog post for their matching sites. For instance, the writing related stuff will come here and I will write a description for each image associated with the hyperlink. It would be my hope to write a post specifically for each link, but that might not be necessary because of the Rebel Mouse site I also have, where every post goes to. 

Because when I create the round-up post, they will be posted to the Rebel Mouse site for viewing. For whatever reason that seems to be the right thing to do and I haven't stopped to really think about it to make sure, but I'm almost certain it's right. Because it's all about sharing to the social networks and directing traffic to the right destinations. 

I have to check the analytics for these things and this is the best way how. It's also because each of these services: wordpress, tumblr, blogger have html coding that will let me embed Amazon code, and I can sure as shit try to push that stuff the best I can.

A Second Chance

Right now Bubblews doesn't let me plug in things like Hubpages and Squidoo did, but I do have a chance to try and do that here because I get it now. It's constantly being said that the content has to be engaging so now that I know that, I'll be more flexible with my posts. I've already started getting into the habit of making that happen and it's a better experience for me as it makes me feel like I'm finally getting some shit done.

Unless blogger, tumblr and wordpress go the way of the dodo, I still have a place to post my content with no problem and keep trying.

Have cholera and do a handstand at the same time

image "bucketsopens" is a morgueFile free photo By taliesin, which is commonly seen where there cholera epidemics. Seemed appropriate for the inappropriate title we used for whatever the hell we're talking about.

As a internet writer, I have to find some way to explain what I do a little better than I already do.

That means I have to talk shit about the difficulty of doing this thing, and let out my frustration through blogging.

Internet writers use a variety of services to generate income.

Some revenue-sharing services are better than others and just recently a very popular service called &bubblews upgraded their entire site with a new layout and options.

They've already been talking about this for months and the update happened this week.

This has caused some difficulty for some users, which makes this market harder to manage in the traditional sense.

Like a career.

It just means that I have to work harder and take this thing seriously.

If you're too timid for this stuff, you won't be able to "hang".

What does any of this have to do with the title?

Just my own way of dealing with two difficulties at the same time.

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