Re: Re: Hello?

>  Well you have at least one of us over here still following your
>  progress.
>  I haven't been able to get down to any `real' writing, but have been
>  busy bringing out our village newsletter. Mainly things about
>  the doings of the Parish council, traffic calming measures needed,
>  reports of our village organisations (surprising how many of those we
>  have in our small village) and the latest situation on the battle
>  between the local council and the moles who make hills on the
>  recreation ground.
>  Mind you, the local newspaper has just printed an article of mine
>  regarding the extraction of sand and gravel from nearby countryside.
>  At 4 pence per line I shan't be retiring just yet though!

     Ronald,

     I think that when people find out you have a computer and that you're a
writer, they start looking for ways to rope you into doing a newsletter!
There's a conspiracy I tell you!  :-)  But then again, doing WWR and the
newsletter for the club has gotten me an offer from a new company to do
newsletters for businesses for $20 an hour so I guess all that practice comes
in handy if you like DTP.
     4 pence?  What is that in dollars?  When I started out writing, I got 75
cents a printed INCH.  No wonder I tried to do a lot of pictorials.  I used
to get $5 for a face shot and $10 for a photo of something else.  Now I
charge $50 to shoot a roll of film or $30 an hour for shoots that take more
time than effort.  But photography is my first love and it comes easy to me.
     I've written about a lot of topics that most people wouldn't be
interested in.  How about sheep shearing in Oregon, or methods of horse
breaking?  The stories were quite interesting but not something that would
interest everyone.

               Rhia

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