tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8583588481777703945..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: It’s Not About the Price Tag…Or Is It? - Liz KesslerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-31278654416017714232016-01-25T09:25:12.246+00:002016-01-25T09:25:12.246+00:00Being self employed can be taxing at the best of t...Being self employed can be taxing at the best of times, without people judging you. One problem I find is making time for my partner as my day never seems to end, ever. I bought my other half a book for christmas to see if we could get the spark back in our relationship. So far, so good. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Woman-Happy-Guide-ebook/dp/B00ULJLDSS/" title="You can find it here" rel="nofollow">You can find it here</a>Carolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-3235282246814927622016-01-25T07:34:26.666+00:002016-01-25T07:34:26.666+00:00(I removed previous comment as it had errors)
Fun...(I removed previous comment as it had errors)<br /><br />Funnily enough I wrote a post on my blog the other day about why i think Bloggers should not get paid. Link here if you wanted a read:<br /><br />http://book-magpie.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/why-book-bloggers-should-not-get-paid.html<br /><br />I agree with your post mostly. My strength lies in research especially genealogical and i would love to call myself a researcher but its almost impossible to get a foot in the door. I also love photography and your photos are amazing. What a wonderful place to live too, I had part of my honeymoon in St. Ives.<br /><br />regards<br />Gill @book_magpieGill Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609030650883561572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-56746318163748775442016-01-25T07:32:12.502+00:002016-01-25T07:32:12.502+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gill Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609030650883561572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-82229713170351860602016-01-25T04:02:24.396+00:002016-01-25T04:02:24.396+00:00Very well said - great post. I think we should be ...Very well said - great post. I think we should be defined by more than just our jobs, but our passions and interests as well. For instance my step-dad is a postman, but he also is a property developer. However when he goes into an estate agents, looking at an above average priced house, he tells people he is a postman and they give him this skeptical look and try to show him cheaper properties. I think society can have a very warped view of the world and its people, trying to fit everyone into a mould. <br /><br />In regards to being paid for our hobbies, I'm not sure I agree with that. I blog because I enjoy it, and consider the books and advanced copies I receive as more than payment enough. If its not really something your passionate enough to continue without being paid, I don't think you can really call it a passion.<br /><br />And by the way, your photos are beautiful. whispering wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817741839344053531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4457798925565533102016-01-24T16:38:19.939+00:002016-01-24T16:38:19.939+00:00I usually say "I'm self-employed" an...I usually say "I'm self-employed" and find people rarely ask what I actually employ myself to do. I'm embarrassed to call myself an author these days since the most money I've earned recently has been as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow (thank goodness for the RLF!), and yet I would never call myself a teacher or tutor because I still think creating things is what I was put on this earth to do, whether that's writing fiction, or painting the pictures for my ebook covers, or some other kind of creativity linked to being an author today.<br /><br />Sometimes I do feel worthless when what I create seems unwanted, but I think I get what you're saying Liz... if people were appreciated for their actual art rather than the money they (or more likely others) can make from it, the world would be a better place?Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-34550865641287950782016-01-24T13:47:27.178+00:002016-01-24T13:47:27.178+00:00Lovely post. Liz, and wonderful photograph.
I wo...Lovely post. Liz, and wonderful photograph. <br /><br />I wonder if sometime the intensity & complexity of what one feels inside when saying "I'm a writer" (or carver or painter or photographer)seems too much to bring out in smaller conversations, especially with writing when there's often "nothing to see".<br /><br />(An aside, but re blog payments. Nobody pays any of the Awfully Big Blog Adventure bloggers, NOR the Awfully Big Blog Reviewers who choose the books they've reviewed themselves.) Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-44789757229151622302016-01-24T10:59:41.686+00:002016-01-24T10:59:41.686+00:00Thanks Eve xxx
Sue - really interesting points. I...Thanks Eve xxx<br /><br />Sue - really interesting points. I wasn't really keen to get into all those discussions, as I said in the post. This particular post is more concerned with the ideas of valuing ourselves (and others) for the stuff that we do, *regardless* of whether or not we're being paid. But do check out the two blogs I linked to if you wanted to get more into that discussion. All the best, Liz xLiz Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12675259815023413448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86764393138250414732016-01-24T10:17:14.365+00:002016-01-24T10:17:14.365+00:00If you write, you're a writer. Period. But whe...If you write, you're a writer. Period. But when people ask you, "What do you do?" they mean for a living. And most of us, as you know, can't make a living out of writing, alas! So I guess it's up to the individual.<br /><br />I can't see why speakers at festivals shouldn't be paid. The festival organisers are paid, though there are volunteers as well. But you're doing a job. Actors who appear at science fiction conventions are paid, very generously, and so they should be. It's work. Chances are that if you're at a convention - or speaking at a festival - you can't do another paying gig. <br /><br />I haven't heard of bloggers who ask for payment. It won't happen, ever, on my book blog, The Great Raven. The deal is, your publisher gives me a book and I give the author promotion through a review, a guest post or an interview. Sometimes, if I'm flat out with reading, I don't even ask for the book. But I can kind of see why some bloggers might want paying. We get many, many inquiries from companies of the kind who advertise blog tours for their self published clients - "we will arrange you fifty blog appearances for a mere $250.00!" It can't cost much to send a couple of hundred emails with the cover blurb and the author's bio. Only if someone replies do they have to make arrangements and even then they would have standard procedures. For that, they charge the clients and expect the bloggers to offer a free service. I generally delete these emails, myself. <br /><br />Of course, there are some paid bloggers, but they generally work for web sites, eg Booktopia. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32347045301801786422016-01-24T10:06:43.877+00:002016-01-24T10:06:43.877+00:00Lovely post Liz and so true.
My Dad had many jobs,...Lovely post Liz and so true.<br />My Dad had many jobs, before becoming too ill to work. But his one passion was wood craving, which he was truly talented at. In life he used to play it down and say "I'll never make anything from that..."<br />I find it sad that now he's no longer with us, his carvings are enjoyed by so many and he will never realise how much he was recognised for that talent.Eve Ainsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814550132097117295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62097620522648865922016-01-24T09:36:24.775+00:002016-01-24T09:36:24.775+00:00Thanks Sue. Yes, that's exactly what I'm s...Thanks Sue. Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. We have such a habit, as a society, of our first words when we meet someone being, 'What do you do?' meaning, 'What is your job?' as if how we earn money is the only thing that defines us. And I think we are much more than just the thing we do to pay our bills. Liz Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12675259815023413448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67769896998156342082016-01-24T09:31:20.080+00:002016-01-24T09:31:20.080+00:00I love this post. Thank you, Liz! I'll have to...I love this post. Thank you, Liz! I'll have to read it again to check I've got it right - but I think what you're saying is that people should not be valued just in terms of the job that they do. I absolutely think that. You should never just look at a dustman and think of him/her only in terms of the job that he does... when you get behind the job, to the person, people can turn out to be utterly amazing. Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com