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April 7th, 2007

Yesterday, I talked to the magazine editor who bought my first article. She’s nine-months pregnant, I found out, so it’s understandable that’s she been hard to reach. The mag made a few changes to my piece, so she wanted to tell me that she’d e-mail me the new draft to check and edit.

She also got back to me about payment. The article is around 1100 words, but it’s a list piece–”A Dozen Great…”–you get the idea. I expected at least $100, as that’s how much I was paid for an essay that was placed in a book last year. I’d spent about ten hours on it, including phone interviews and light internet research. I probably would’ve been happy with $75, honestly.

So imagine my surprise when she dropped this news: $600 will be coming my way next month, when the piece is published. That’s $60 PER HOUR. Sweet!

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7 Responses to “article 1”

  1. Golbguru on April 7, 2007 7:27 pm

    Gradgirl: Congratulations! At $600 for a 1100 word article, you are the most efficient writer I have ever seen. :) That’s really awesome.
    Keep it up.

  2. gradgirl on April 7, 2007 8:21 pm

    Thanks, Golbguru, and thanks for visiting!

    And, I know: I’m shocked about the article. An editor told me once that she was a really bad darts player, and she had to shoot a lot before hitting bullseye–meaning, you have to keep trying and trying until finally, at some point, someone takes a piece. I’m just glad to have scored. :)

  3. ispf on April 7, 2007 8:27 pm

    Grad girl: Neat, Congratulations! Good luck for the future - hope every dart you throw from now on scores the bull’s eye :)

  4. gradgirl on April 7, 2007 8:28 pm

    You and me both! Thanks! :)

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  6. TBH on July 3, 2007 9:33 pm

    Wow, that is fabulous! I tried to sell a few magazine articles right out of college and quickly gave up. I am so excited for you.

    Just discovered your blog in Millionaire Artist’s blogroll. I’m a fiction writer and I just quit my dayjob to spend more time on writing. I hope I hit the bull’s eye soon, too!

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