iakulchen

@iakulchen (615)

Singapore • Age 42

Joined myLot 16 years ago

www.writingfulltime.blogspot.com/

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I think I've had it with Triond

Catana @Catana (735) • United States 12 Aug 10

This is the third time I've tried writing articles for Triond, and the site just gets more and more annoying each time. So far, in the less than two weeks I've been back, I've gotten about a dozen email reminders to verify my...

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iakulchen *sighes* I really want to speak up for Triond. I really do, since it was among the first few sites I joined, plus I do have a really popular article hosted on Triond's network. (10 Reasons Why Every Home Should Have A Cat). But it's true. The forum has been...

13 Aug 10

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In perfect written English

Canellita @Canellita (12029) • United States 29 Jul 10

I know it's probably quite wicked of me but I just can't resist. I joined this website years ago where you can bid on freelance jobs and there wasn't much of anything there so after a while I forgot about it. Recently I started...

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iakulchen This reads to me like someone who is trying to present himself as something he (or she) isn't really is. A "successful entrepeneur who has been working on the internet for the past 5 years" is not going to say "I would consider as genuine, honest and...

30 Jul 10

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my maNuscRipts ReturNed! cannOt move On,..=(

neh357 @neh357 (173) • Philippines 10 May 10

I have been thinking about this for almost a month now. I have submitted a 200 pages manuscript in a local love story publisher here in the Philippines. I have visited my mails almost everyday to get feedback because they tell me...

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iakulchen 1. You have to understand that you need to get rejection slips as part of being a writer. In fact, writers get rejected more than other people, who don't submit anything at all. You'll likely get rejected (insert large number here) times after this if you plan...

11 May 10

I was reading an article about people who sign up and follow people

mommaj @mommaj (23112) • United States 5 May 10

I was reading an article about people who sign up and follow people on writing sites, but they don't write articles and they don't leave comments. One lady found it spooky that someone would follow a particular group of people,...

write

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iakulchen Being a writer who has had brushes with plagiarism, I can understand why there are people who would be unsettled by someone who doesn't leave comments, but follows a particular group of people. There's always the fear that this someone would be follwing the...

5 May 10

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Associated Content, Helium closes its doors to international writers!

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 29 Apr 10

I have sad news for all non-US writers out there who write for Associated Content (AC) and/or Helium (I'm posting it here, so I won't have to post under both AC and Helium): First, for AC writers: A few minutes ago I received...

associated content

helium

international writer

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iakulchen Actually, Helium's blocking of certain regions has been going on for quite some time now. As far as I can tell, it's not country-specific, since I have seen cases where people from one country (India to be precise) were complaining about being unable to log in...

30 Apr 10

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Anyone experiencing a dip in Triond earnings?

SydneyHazelton @SydneyHazelton (4586) • Singapore 26 Apr 10

Hi dear myLotters who are Trionders as well, I have been getting about $13 - $15 per month. That is my average for my 100 articles in Triond. But this month, I'm seeing a dip. It's 4 days to the end of the month and I'm only at...

triond

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iakulchen Personally, my Triond earnings have been steadily dropping over the past few months. On the other hand, my Triond Adsense earnings have been slowly increasing as well. If I add them up and compare, I'm finding that my overall earnings are slowly increasing.

28 Apr 10

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When was the Last Time you Wrote an Article?

SydneyHazelton @SydneyHazelton (4586) • Singapore 26 Apr 10

Hi myLotters, Alright, I know many of you are writers out there, generating many articles on a daily basis. The last time you wrote an article would probably be yesterday, this morning, a few minutes ago or a few seconds ago....

article

triond

writing

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iakulchen Hi Sydney :) Welcome back to the writing world :) It's nice to have you back.

27 Apr 10

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is realwritingjobs.com a scam?

snoopyfan @snoopyfan (1312) • United States 17 Feb 10

Trying to find out if anyone here as used this site to earn money. I got a email from them and they said you can summit writing articles or reviews and get paid. They say you get supplies like pens and stuff valued at $3780 for...

work at home

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iakulchen I'm going to approach this assuming it's not a scam, and proceed from there. 1. Being required to work at least an hour a day and at the same time, also pay $47 a month is a big no-no. There are legitimate sites where they do charge you a fee for joining,...

19 Feb 10

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What would you do if you caught your husband with another girl?

SydneyHazelton @SydneyHazelton (4586) • Singapore 25 Jan 10

My husband was cheating on me and I knew about it. Recently he promised to get back to the family and I could see the changes that came over him. He text me more often, calls me and tells me his whereabouts. At the end of the day,...

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iakulchen Hi Sydney, haven't talked to you for some time. Going to offer a guy's point of view (as in if I caught my girlfirend cheating on me on the mrt.) Seriously, I don't know what I would do. Logically, I feel that confronting her in the heat of the moment...

29 Jan 10

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Does anyone write essays for the paper mill websites?

sirnose @sirnose (2436) • United States 25 Jan 10

There are a lot of websites looking for Essay Writers. Some of these paper mills websites have very strict guidelines for who they hire to write for them, and there are a few who just want writers who can write the essay...

freelace writer

writing

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iakulchen Actually, paper mill sites don't have "very strict guidelines for who they hire to write for them". Any site that tells you that is just lying to you so that you'll think that you got accepted into something more prestigious than it really is. Think about...

26 Jan 10

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Where are the best paid for writing for beginners

cbiznetz @cbiznetz (88) • United States 19 Jan 10

I have tried a couple of on line 'get paid for writing' but they turned out to be a big mess of downloading stuff and creating user accounts to fill in questionaires etc. Does anyone have any reputable resources for where to...

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iakulchen I do have a list of paid to write sites I maintain at www.squidoo.com/writingfulltime There's also a number of writers' forums like Absolute Write, Accentutate Writers Forum etc where you are likely to get the answers to your (writing related) questions.

20 Jan 10

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Picking on Celebrities

matersfish @matersfish (6306) • United States 16 Jan 10

Okay, before I go into my usual ranting, I want to make it clear that I think most celebrities who donate to charity are extremely patriotic, kindhearted, good people who are doing so to make a difference and not to make...

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iakulchen The way I see it, it's not so much that the rich and famous are celebrated for making charitable donations, it's that they are in the spotlight for practically everything they do. Average Joes and Janes don't get in the news for going to the restaurant alone...

18 Jan 10

Do you take notes?

patgalca @patgalca (18369) • Orangeville, Ontario 18 Jan 10

Did not know whether to put this in the reading category or writing. I am reading a book right now and half-way into it I decided I wanted to write a review for it and post it on Triond. I had to skip back a couple of pages and...

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iakulchen I don't take notes. I tend to want to devour a book in one sitting, usually finishing a book in a few hours, and taking notes kind of subtracts from the enjoyment of the book for me. I can see that it would be helpful if I were writing a review of the book,...

18 Jan 10

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What Is Better, Buksia or Associated Content?

Iram786 @Iram786 (498) 16 Jan 10

I really want to join a website where I can post articles and recently I had a discussion on myLot about where I could write these articles and a lot of people said Associated Content or Buksia. I only want to choose one, so what...

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iakulchen I don't really like those two sites, but if I really had to choose between them, I would choose AC (despite not being eligible for upfront payment) I many be biased though, since I remember a time when Bukisa was somewhere you could publish just anything,...

16 Jan 10

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Do you want more earning opportunities through article writing?

enieweiz @enieweiz (97) 16 Jan 10

hey guys! i have found this site where it pays to write articles. Don't worry it's free to register. Another best thing i found out about this site is it pay 10% bonus on all referral deposits. In other words, if you refer people...

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iakulchen *sighes* Look, this site claims to check your articles for grammar mistakes and can't even manage a good job for their own site. Don't use the "doesn't hurt to try and check out this site" angle. A site that lies right on it's front page is not...

16 Jan 10

Is all these new article writing jobs legit?

sirnose @sirnose (2436) • United States 8 Jan 10

Article writing seems to be what's hot these days for online earnings. There are new sites popping up every day hiring writers and most of these writing jobs are from India. Today I got a pm from someone from India offering me...

article writing

freelancing

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iakulchen Do you mind if you post more specifics on where the article writing jobs are coming from? I would comment on whether they are legit, but with no idea of exactly where they are coming from, the best I would manage are generalisations.

9 Jan 10

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Do you think online degree is as good as traditional degree?

scheng1 @scheng1 (24649) • Singapore 21 Oct 09

With the advance of technology, it is possible for us to study online for a degree course. However, many people still feel that online degree is not as good as traditional degree, even when the online degree comes from the same...

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iakulchen While I do think that it's possible for an online degree to be seen as something equal to a traditonal "offline" degree, I don't think that is going to happen anytime soon. It's not that people don't put in the same amount of work in an online degree, it's...

22 Oct 09

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Freelance Writing Sites

macleto @macleto (45) 19 Oct 09

Hi everyone! I have a day job but my salary is not really able to compensate for all my needs and more--wants, thus, I have searched for online jobs. I love writing so most of the sites I visited were those that hire freelance...

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iakulchen Essaywriters.net and Academia-research are paper mills, which means that they are in the business of getting writers to do students' homework for them. There are some people out there who claim that there are reasonably honest paper mills out there, but...

19 Oct 09

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