SpikeTheLobsterValentines Heads-Up
January 27th 2009 22:12
Schlubs In Lub
Who can forget the Hallmark card the eponymous hero comes up with in Mr Deeds? Well, now is perhaps the time for you to show that you, too, can write icky, sickly, honey-covered prose: Valentine's Day is approaching fast.
With this momentous occasion - which, as you've probably gathered by now, I think is an over-commercialised bag of poop - comes the undeniable opportunity for freelance writers to make a few extra bucks. From now until the 14 February, there will be millions of hopeless romantics (and other hopeless people) desperately searching the web for a blast of lurve. As content producers, now is the time to write, not later: remember it'll take time to get stuff published and seen, for word of mouth to bring the Pulitzer people running.
Helium hasn't posted any special content requests for the day, though they have many titles that are appropriate if you are of the bodice-ripping ilk (or just feeling warm and fuzzy).
Associated Content, on the other hand, has two Calls For (written) Content up at the moment, as well as a couple of audio ones. They're both for Valentine's Day poems, but one has a limitation of a maximum of twenty words. Now that's quite hard to do unless you happen to be good at writing haikus!
So get your best poet hat on and head on over. With bonus cash and promotion on their special V-Day pages (presumably the front page on the day itself) up for grabs, it's a great opportunity to earn some money and some publicity.
Oh and yes: I entered my 20-worder, but didn't use the word 'schlub'.
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