Anyone want to write?

Pass.

This is something you have to want to do for the enjoyment of writing and sharing your experience. I've had a few articles published related to a former hobby and even when you get paid it will probably be in the range of minimum wage or less given the time it takes to research, write and edit the article. A 500 word article at 10 cents per word gets you $50 and bragging rights ("I'm a professional writer"). If you spend four hours researching, writing and editing the article that's $12.50 per hour.

Exactly so. I managed to get two articles published a decade ago - and for the princely sum of $150 each! - but you certainly won't make a living like that. It was more, as you so correctly point out, for the bragging rights, and for the sheer joy of feeling you'd done something and done it well. It was a great feeling, and I'm still quite proud of having done it!

SidecarFlip wrote:
Pass.

LOL I spit my coffee! :B

Is Truck Camper Adventure seeking to cut costs further? Hmmmm Using independent contractors to write articles is inexpensive. Looks as their entire staff are "contributors" except for the "senior editor." Senior to who? http://www.truckcamperadventure.com/about-this-site/

Personally, I think it's a pretty informative site. And, it's no easy task, writing a good, accurate article ... been doing it for over twenty years. At least the article part, and 'hope good, accurate' fits too. :)

And, most writers start off 'free' because any writer submitting to a magazine usually needs 'clip' ... so it's a good place to start and get one 'clip' and an example that shows your 'stuff' to editors that do pay.

Official business model of our age: content providers get nothing while the fat cats get fatter. Search YouTube for Harlan Ellison’s rant “Pay the Writer.”

naturist wrote:
Official business model of our age: content providers get nothing while the fat cats get fatter. Search YouTube for Harlan Ellison’s rant “Pay the Writer.”

Interesting, but he's already paid his dues ... much harder to get paid if you have no publishing record. And easier to make that statement too, when you have a reputation established.

Altho, I agree with his premise, that all writers, photographers, artists should get paid ... every time. Too many people think it's easy, and anyone can do it. Consistency is the trick, do it well, day after day and make no errors.

It's a job, like any other job.

Well, you know, we are all doing it here all the time for free!

burningman wrote:
Well, you know, we are all doing it here all the time for free!

Some write here only to post the link to their youtube page.
Youtube pays you if the video gets number of hits.
But more or less, we are all popularity suckers. :@