RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: The Nigerian Millionaire Prince is Dead – Long live the Nigerian Contest. LITTLE THINGS MEANS ALOT. I>PLAY.
First, it hurts that you think I could be a part of it. At the very least, give me the credit of knowing how to cover my tracks if I wanted to be involved in something like that. 😁 Alright, enough of the fun
No, I wasn't involved. I actually don't judge my own contests so why should I want to judge others'? I'm a terrible judge married to indecision so I either enlist others or just declare everyone as winners.
Furthermore, I don't know why @seesladen wasn't picked. I'm not saying this because he's my guy; I sometimes stray into his blog and he writes dope stuffs too. Plus, he actually goes though the writing process and not the fire brigade thing I'm always doing.
Lastly, I think if I win a contest, it's based on 'merit'. I've won a few contests on steemit so I don't see why this should be an issue. I don't know why I'm dragging this but I feel like my writing is being called into question. Hell, I know my writing is becoming bad. That's why I took a break. Too much Steemit and I'm losing my juice.
Beyond that, I honestly don't know what to say. Writing for me is beyond just earning SBD and Steem. It's the only form of expression I can boast of. Reading and writing are central to my life. That I would scam fellow writers for 5 SBD is... I don't know. It's just not me. I have forgone a lot for writing. Before I came here I make a minimum of $10 a day from fiverr. But I hated selling my works. It was like selling my own children. I felt like Esau everytime.
Anj, believe me, I had nothing to do with this.
Hiya Gray
I'm so glad you had nothing to do with the decisions. You know I love your writing and I think you're good enough to win the contests you do on merit. In fact, I nearly didn't call out the anomaly in i>play because your name featured so heavily in the results, but my conscience got the better of me and I had to say something. I hope you understand that. Even in my own contests, my close friends never get to win because I'm obsessed with being fair with the results.
I didn't know @seesladen was one of your guys :D. Small world, eh.
You should deffo continue to write. I hope you find your juice to keep going but I know how draining this place can be.
What's 'fiverr' and 'Esau'?
I believe you and am so glad you're not involved.
First, @seesladen is supposed to be 'my girl'. I didn't know he was a dude. He just kept commenting on my posts and congratulating me each time I won contests. I thought he was a girl, and since I wanted a writer gf, I thought I was in luck. I started a conversation only to learn that he is a guy and a graduate of my school. The dude even knew me, just didn't know my name. You can imagine my disappointment
Fiverr is a platform where you advertise your services, deliver and get paid using their escrow service. The minimum pay per job is $5. There are writers, programmers, artists, almost everyone. For instance, I write. So I'll create my account, describe my services and set my rates. Then someone comes along, gives me a brief, I deliver and I get paid. Typically, a job of about 500 words goes for $5.
Esau is from the Bible. Dude sold his birthright to his younger brother for a meal. He was hungry and desperate at the time but he regretted it. So each time I was broke, I'll look for a job on fiverr and give my all. And later, when I look at what I wrote, I would hate myself for selling it for mere $5. I rather publish it free and have my name on it
About writing, nah. I'm focused on reading and working on my magazine. Maybe I'll send you a copy of the last one via discord
Lol @ him being your writer girlfriend hahaha XD
Ah, the online auction sites for writers. Thanks. I'm aware of those. yes.
I know what you mean about having your name on your work. That's the most important thing of all.
Yes, I'd love to see your magazine. Thanks
:D
Sent
Got it.
You know, it made me realise I know absolutely next to nothing about black hair -- that advert at the beginning. Some of those things I've never ever heard of.
I read the beauty one and the one on relationships. I skipped the footy one -- I live in Liverpool and am surrounded by it 24/7 aarrrggghhh lol.
It's good. What are you planning to do with it?
Smiles
That was just a beta edition. Folks said I shouldn't make a print magazine, said a blog was better. But I wanted a paper magazine and wasn't ready to settle for less. So I used money meant for my rent to publish that (and distribute for free too).
We're working on the real first issue. We're still waiting on writers to show real interest (my muse isn't inclined to feature in this one). Writers are a lazy bunch, you know. Always waiting for deadlines and caoxing (or pestering) from their muses. We're also working on our marketing plan
Say, you could send in a piece (if you're interested and have the time). Just say the word and I'll send you the brief via discord
About the magazine
I'm not really enthusiastic about the articles in them. I didn't even edit them, my deputy (who's now EiC) did. I only provided the funds. I just wanted to defy my naysayers.
Yeah, I've heard the printed magazine is a hard market to find success in but maybe that's just in the West. I dunno. Hopefully there's room for a profit where you are.
You blew your rent on it! Crazy lol. You should edit the next one. I noticed a couple of things, but not many :P
I could give you one of my blogs here for recycling if any are suitable for your magazine? Yes, let's see the brief. Maybe I'll find fame in Nigeria :D
cheers
Yeah. The printed magazine market is a tough one here too. That doesn't make it impossible. I've gone broke by investing in more 'unrealistic' projects. This one doesn't scare me
About editing, the designer messed up. Three editors worked on the draft but he didn't implement all of the corrections. Our fault too, though. We didn't work well on the articles before we sent to the designer
I'm sending the brief now.
This one got me grinning from ear to ear. Who knows? Sending the brief