Worst Pay For Writers Yet

Ali B · Apr 4, 2007

OMG, I just found this ad at Craigslist. It made me :roll:

Ladies: You write, we send you hommade cookies!
Reply to: [email protected]
Date: 2007-04-03, 3:39PM CDT

I'm the editor of a PussycatMagazine.com: The Guide to Fabulous Living. We are an online zine for sassy ladies, and we're looking for new ladies to share their true stories on topics such as pop culture, decorating, love, jobs and money, etc.

We're a how-to guide for (retro-obsessed) people who want to live well without a lot of money.

We're also looking for ladies with decorating flair to share digital photos of their swank pads for our retro decorating section. We need crafty ladies too, to share how-tos and patterns for retro crafts, knitting, crocheting, sewing, and all that good stuff.

All published writers receive a dozen cookies, homemade by our staff and a Pussycat fun pack with a T-shirt and stickers.

Check us out at http://www.PussycatMagazine.com

Thanks

Susie · Apr 4, 2007

If they're chocolate, I'm in.

thethinker42 · Apr 4, 2007

Knowing my luck, there'd be walnuts in the cookies. Shitty pay AND anaphylactic shock...WOOHOO!!

Lyra Jean · Apr 4, 2007

But...But...There's stickers.

aadams73 · Apr 4, 2007

Cookies AND stickers? I am SO in!

Ali B · Apr 4, 2007

rosemerry said:
But...But...There's stickers.

Yah, the stickers almost made me apply...I love stickers.

Clarice_S · Apr 4, 2007

oh wow, thats awesome

Ali B · Apr 4, 2007

I wonder how many people have applied...

Rolling Thunder · Apr 4, 2007

Suddenly, a big fat advance check seems so meaningless.

Carrie in PA · Apr 4, 2007

Huh. They pay almost as well as the newspaper I write for...

Rolling Thunder · Apr 4, 2007

So, your newspaper gig includes a lollipop, too?

Ali B · Apr 4, 2007

I've decided to hold out for retro jelly beans.

PattiTheWicked · Apr 4, 2007

Hell, it's way better than the people who say "We'll pay you with a byline!" and act like it's so much more exciting than cash.

I'd take cookies and stickers over a byline any time.

scarletpeaches · Apr 4, 2007

I will write for biscuits.

Pagey's_Girl · Apr 4, 2007

How about PHENTERMINE?

However, I will settle for chocolate.

Ali B · Apr 4, 2007

Pagey's_Girl said:
How about PHENTERMINE?

However, I will settle for chocolate.

Damn! I knew I should have added PHENTERMINE to the poll! *slaps forehead
Doh!

expatbrat · Apr 4, 2007

No wait... there's more... Not ONLY do you get the cookies AND stickers but you also get the ---- wait for it ---- FUN PACK AND a free T-Shirt.

This is a dammmmmmmmm gooooood offffffer!

latoya · Apr 4, 2007

oohh candy! lol

LloydBrown · Apr 4, 2007

I saw a magazine that pays a half-cent a word, Canadian. That's probably less than cookies. Stale cookies.

expatbrat · Apr 4, 2007

LloydBrown said:
I saw a magazine that pays a half-cent a word, Canadian. That's probably less than cookies. Stale cookies.

You'd need to write for a week to earn the free t-shirt at that rate.

Silver King · Apr 4, 2007

LloydBrown said:
I saw a magazine that pays a half-cent a word, Canadian.

The Canadian penny has been gaining on the American for some time. So what does that make it in US numbers, about $.00423 per word?

Not bad...

Lyra Jean · Apr 4, 2007

Well at least they are offering something and not saying it's better than getting paid money.

Hey if you have kids you always give them cookies.

If you love your kids you'll write for us.

LloydBrown · Apr 4, 2007

Silver King said:
The Canadian penny has been gaining on the American for some time. So what does that make it in US numbers, about $.00423 per word?

I think it's the Canadian dollar that's been gaining on the American penny.

Ali B · Apr 5, 2007

rosemerry said:
Well at least they are offering something and not saying it's better than getting paid money.

Hey if you have kids you always give them cookies.

If you love your kids you'll write for us.

You'd give your kids cookies made by someone you met on the internet?

kristie911 · Apr 5, 2007

I'd do it for cake. I'm a total cake whore.

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