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To make a little extra money this fall I have gotten a new job working online. I have always wanted to be a professional writer and now I will actually be getting paid for my work as a writer. The work will be a lot like writing ads in that I will be working for an online marketing firm. The only difference is that I will be part of a larger search marketing operation that works to flood a particular way of searching for certain products out on to the internet. I have only been doing the job for a couple of weeks now but it has been a real blast to see all pf the freedom that I can hold when I am in control of the writing process.

Each week my boss will send me a grouping of emails and from that pool there will be individual assignments. In each email will be a particular assignment with a certain number of articles due. Within each article my only objective is to insert a few key words that will be linked to websites that people will commonly be searching for under these terms. The effectiveness of my articles is what I really get to have fun with. Each assignment I have to try my best to create a new character and create a new way of looking at a particular topic. This is especially difficult when I am looking at ten articles due the next day with very specific key words. This is where it really pays off to have a love of reading and individuality. I look at these assignments as good opportunities for me to really branch out and tap in to new characters. From these characters I do actually try to create side stories in my own work.

I have been blessed to get a job like this. Though it may seem like something rather arbitrary and even a bit boring to most, for me it is a great way to find my own voice within a job. I don't know of many people who have jobs that allow them to look inside themselves and pull out something fresh. Every day when I sit down to work I build up so much energy that by the time I have finished my work I am ready to write all night. Sadly though, in the fall I will need to sleep and study so this may become a problem.