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I’m surprised at how much I’m enjoying this new Internet writing project.  It’s nice to know that after all these years of writing for a living I still — love to write.

The formats are tight and inflexible: 400-600 words,  no first person, or even second person (although the imperative is okay).  But I love having an hour or so free, and sitting down and thinking, Okay, I’ll write about this.  I LOVE the autonomy.  Love Love Love it. And as soon as the article is up, it starts getting clicks, and clicks lead to revenue.

Although right now, I think I’ve made about 57 cents.

Okay, so the jury is still out on revenue. I’ve done the math every way I can figure, and it still seems a crap shoot to me. I can see where it could work out very nicely long term, but I also don’t think anyone in their right mind would want to wager a whole lot on how Internet revenue models are going to work for writers a few years down the road. But if, a year or so from now, I decide it’s a bust — I’ll still have rights to my work, and can repurpose and repackage it.  I’m feeling optimistic, and I have to say that that hasn’t been true in the writing biz for a long time.

Here’s my bio page: http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/karenberger

And here’s a list of articles: http://www.suite101.com/writer_articles.cfm/karenberger