There is no doubt about it, in the twentieth century if you are to come to be writing really writing you cannot make a living at it no not by writing. - Gertrude Stein

Sir, no man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. - Samuel Johnson

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I write everyday.

Every morning I say goodbye to my family and the goldfish and head-off to my office, to write.

But I’ve noticed two very different experiences when I write.

The first is what happens to me when I’m writing ART.

This is when I write to say something that means a lot to me, or what I’m writing gives me goose-bumps. This happens when I’m writing humor. Poets and novelists describe the same experience.

I wrote comic routines for a stand-up comedian, humorous lines which appeared in a national daily and a number of episodes for a comic strip series.

But for all that fun and clever writing (my ART), I didn’t get paid a penny (the comedian skipped out on our agreement, but that’s another story).

The other kind of writing however, the kind that pays the bills (writing for MONEY), my emotions are not engaged. I’m just explaining topics that I’m employed to write about, whether I like the topic or not. I have to meet the specification by the deadline.

I rarely get the same butterflies-in-the-stomach sensation when I write on these projects. I wouldn’t call writing for money always boring, there are times when I’m pleased by a turn of phrase I come up with which explains a complex topic simply and with brevity, but nothing tingles! I don’t get that same flow. 

And I know which I prefer – writing what I LOVE.

So, to get paid MONEY for my ART, that’s the dream.

That’s what this web site will explore – writing what you love and getting paid for it.