Ramble Writing of R.D. Hayes

 Rejection as a freelance writer is just part of being a writer. I do not know of one person that has not had to deal with some form of rejection as a freelance writer during their writing career. It happens to the best of us, but this is where you learn to pick up the pieces and truck on. Dealing with Rejection as a Freelance Writer; what do I do? : This is probably the best advice that I can give you on rejection and how to make a positive out of a negative. Take the article that was rejected and keep it. Trust me, I have a file a mile long on my computer of articles that have either been rejected or that I have written out of boredom and these articles come in handy. Dealing with Rejection as a Freelance Writer; submit to another site: This is one of the fastest ways to make money when your article has been turned down but you still need to pay the bills. Take that article and submit it to another site that you know will make you money. The site that I like to use the most is...

 Article writing is one of the most common ways for people to try to make money online and from home. There are article writers everywhere doing their best to try and make themselves known to the world within the web, also known as the internet. Article writing use to be easy since the competition was slim but, ever since the boom of the internet, there are thousands upon thousands of people claiming to be article writers or who have at least dabbled in article writing. Article writing; write what you know This use to be my favorite quote that I would hear so many article writers say. It was like a ringing in my ears, and something that new writers would say to other writers; write what you know. Yes, writing what you know will help you to dish out more personal articles or articles for your own personal blogs or websites, but it’s not going to get you anywhere if you are trying to be a serious article writer and make the big bucks. Back in 2011, I started dabbling in article writi...

One way to deal with stress is to figure out what is stressing you in your life. I deal with stress on the daily and it tends to keep me on my toes. Stress comes in all forms, but is often triggered by our own emotions. These are just a few tips that I have found that have helped me to deal with stress. Take what you need to from this little tidbit and put it to good use and deal with your stress instead of letting it deal with you.    What triggers your stress?   Learn to identify your stress. If you need to, jot down all the horrible things that have crossed paths with you today and how you dealt with it. If you are like me, full of bad luck, then you may need to just carry around a notebook and pen everywhere you go.    Identify your emotions   Emotions aren't just bad emotions; there are good emotions too. Learn to recognize your good and bad emotions and what was happening during this time. If you are having positive emotions then try to hang onto that...

  Telling personal stories while trying to teach a class can make you feel vulnerable, especially if you are like me and don’t like to talk about your past or the people that helped to create that past. I was told to do a class on heat and cold injuries in front of my peers. I was informed of this a month ago. I am a procrastinator, this is what I am and I am not proud of it. So, like most people who procrastinate, I put it off until the very last minute and then ran myself crazy trying to put it together. Death by PowerPoint; this is was not my intentions at all. I was originally told that I could get up in front of the class and do it but, a few days before the class I was informed that it had to be a power point. I freaked! I freaked because I had no earthly idea on how to even get started, I freaked because I hadn’t even studied on the class, I freaked because I was going to be put to shame in front of all of my peers. It was going to be a wreck and I felt like I had no control...

  Some of you might find this humorous; I find it rather irritating but nonetheless, I am going to write about it to get it off my chest. Ironically; this was something that this guy, who this story is based off of, told me to do. He always said that I bottle things up until I finally exploded. Well, today was one of those days when I finally exploded and I exploded to the max. I traveled from Kellyville, Oklahoma to Bixby, Oklahoma to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and then to Stillwater, Oklahoma which is where this story took place. I was already tired from all the traveling and the lack of sleep I got the night before. I had planned on meeting this guy, my ex, earlier but he decided to sleep in late so he missed my text so I drove to Oklahoma City, bypassing Stillwater, just to turn around and have to drive all the way back out to Stillwater to meet him. I pull up and he is working on his car, and I must say that he looked rather hot but then again, I do like a guy when he has been wo...

  By:   smittenkittenorig   –   CC BY 2.0 I was in the middle of writing a novel for the  National November Writing Month  (NaNoWriMo) when something hit me; I have a tendency of trying to get things done in a hurry and, needing the money like I do, I kept drifting off writing other things and placing my novel on the back burner. I came up with an idea, an idea that many of you could use to help make extra money while you are waiting to complete your novel. What would happen if we broke our novel down into many short stories? Think about it for a second; if we broke the novel down into short stories to sell and then bundled them to create a novel. I am a freaking genius! I like to think so at least. So, here is my plan and you can use it as well. Your ads will be inserted here by Easy AdSense Pro . Please go to the plugin admin page to Paste your ad code  OR Suppress this ad slot  OR Suppress Placement Boxes . I will write one short story a day; t...

I will be the first to admit I write articles as fast as I can to get them published. I will also admit, I may have skipped over the editing portion a time or two during my writing career.    The first article I had  wrote for an online company was on writing. I was asked by Associated Content to write a piece on the different styles of writing. I was about to miss the time frame so I skipped over editing and went straight to the review process.    Now, if you have ever written for Associated Content or Yahoo! Contributor Network, you know that they go through an editor before they ever publish anything. Well, either this editor was in a hurry or he didn't exactly know how to edit. The article was amazing; it flowed well, it grabbed the readers attention, it was almost the perfect article except one thing; the title was misspelled.   I didn't realize the title had been misspelled until I had a flood of comments, embarrassing commen...