The article was linked all over writing communities and had roughly the same effect as a cloaked Shakespearean soothsayer trudging through the streets proclaiming the impending doom and poverty of all fools who dared to base their career goals on writing for online markets. The article, and many others like it, offered a grim outlook on the rates for online writers. Maybe it was an underhanded justification of Green s own low pay rates, or maybe the staff just didn t hunt hard enough, but in either case, the piece was misleading.
Online writers can and do make competitive salaries if they work hard enough and know where to look.
You bet I have. I sent out query after query, had very mild success, and got discouraged. I knew I was a good writer, but I wasn t getting regular assignments, and I had to find a way to pay the bills. Enter the World Wide Web. Among the best-paying online markets for writers are health, technology, and financial websites.