Thank You AC

Stephen Joltin
Ok, Now I got a crazy offer $5.77 for my great article about Chestnut Lodge, an Insane Asylum which is being converted to million dollar condominiums. I feel like holding out for $6 at least. I gave them the coin denomination article for free because there was no way to turn it into a 400 word article. Maybe I should make a counter offer say $7.13. It is a great article. I thought I would get at least $8 for it, maybe $9. So the question is Deal or No Deal? Decisions, decisions! If I take the $5.77 I get cash and if I hold out maybe nothing. But if I say no deal will they counter? Hey wait I could write an article about whether to take $5.77 or hold out. I could make it a How To article and get a minimum of $10 this week. That would be $15.77. That's what I'm talking about. It would be entitled How To Decide On A Cash Offer From Associated Content. That's it! I already have the first hundred words right here. That's the ticket. I'll take the money and flank them with a second article about taking or not taking the first article. It's like a two-fer. I'll just use a lot of key words like, What Would George Bush Do?, surge, baby, breasts, porno, poker, foreskin, vagina with or without the monologues and look up every article I can find and use their high lighted key words. Yes, I could call it a Valentine's Day Decision or 10 Best Decision Making Techniques for Father's Day. Now I have almost two hundred words, half done. It will be a great Associated Content experiment, a reality show on paper. Opps! I just got writer's block. What to do, what to do?

I've got it I'll write a third article. How To Play Texas Hold'em For Seniors. No, wait a minute, that won't fly. I have written too many poker articles already. I'm being type cast. It has to be something new, something timely, something which they can't turn down. What would Britney write? If Paris Hilton put pen to paper, what indeed would she have to say? I'm not sure. I am sure she will not answer me if I wrote to her Myspace page and asked. What about Tila Tequila? She might answer me. She needs more publicity and needs it quickly. How quickly the spotlight fades.

Heck, it doesn't even matter really. I accepted the $5.77 on Feb. 2, 2007. It is now Feb. 22 and no payment. It's been out there for 3 weeks and no pay? They won't even take my Email. All this thinking for nothing.

Published by Stephen Joltin

I am a problem solver with 18+ years of Higher Education Credentials, last employed as the Information Systems Manager at Montgomery College in Maryland and a member of the Maryland Community College Data Pr...  View profile

21 Comments

Post a Comment
  • Kristie Leong M.D.12/3/2007

    Really cute article. :-) You never know what to expect from AC.

  • Vonnie Chestnut8/8/2007

    Actually there are some very good ideas in this article. hum

  • Sophie7/14/2007

    Funny article!
    Sophie

  • JustMeof35/28/2007

    Interesting article!

  • Ryan Stephens4/8/2007

    Enjoyed it Steve! Very atypical from your typical stuff, very refreshing.

  • Veronika Fevers4/5/2007

    I just take what they give me as it all adds up...guess I have low standards.

  • Candace Morehouse4/4/2007

    Boy, we wouldn't know what to do with ourselves if we actually got decent pay for these articles, would we?

  • Susan3003/30/2007

    Cute! I hope they paid you for this. :)

  • Donna Porter3/29/2007

    So very funny. Thanks!

  • Angie Shiflett3/28/2007

    I REALLY enjoyed reading this! Thanks for making me laugh so early in the day!

Displaying Comments
Next »

To comment, please sign in to your Yahoo! account, or sign up for a new account.