Tim Nunes
A few years back, the web was starting to bust with a new concept, writing portals.
They gave the opportunity to amateur writers to free write everyday, earn some points toward financial rewards and get yourself a new audience as well as possibly attract the attention of someone who could help you get some kind of writing fame.
In essence, we were becoming semi-professional writers, like the semi pro baseball players for $10 and all the beer you can drink.The concept was we would write stories, the website would get advertisers who would pay them and we would either buy products from these advertisers and the site would pay us. Well we weren’t on these sites to buy stuff from advertisers, we were there to write, read and be read. When the advertisers didn’t make money, they pulled their ads.
I joined up, because my website then approaching its 3rd year was still pretty much a friends and family outfit, where that was the extent of my audience. I needed to find out if I was any good, hoping to gain some respect from other writers. Then hopefully I could turn them into fans of my website and me for them as well.
From the day I posted my first story, I knew this was going to change things drastically. My first post was received with huge response and more from there. I gained an interesting following, who also went on to become readers of F@DW.
One of the people in the audience was a short story writer named Tim Nunes. While his stories varied from biographical, to sci-fi and fantasy to mysteries and then some, I saw something of me in his work and he saw something of him in mine. We were vastly different in style, but the meanings were clearly similar.
We were all hanging on to the day when someone important would notice our work, knowing almost none of us would ever see that day. Almost none of us would ever really get paid from these portals. Most of them would go bankrupt before they could get around to paying the writers.
We moved on from portal to portal, not expecting to be paid anymore, just hoping for audience. Thankfully people like Tim were there for me and me for him. As a result of these people, growth in new friends, family and co-workers and many other referrals, my audience quadrupled in 2002 and F@DW became more than a website for myself and many, it was kind of a weekly laugh club where people could be involved and interact.
The other day, I was thrilled to find out, the big call came for Tim Nunes, a story of his was bought and he finally became a professional writer. Long overdue and I can’t be happier for such a great guy and writer. Its a shame its likely not enough for him to quit his day job, but one thing leads to another I hope!
TWO SCOOPS WAY UP FOR TIM!
They gave the opportunity to amateur writers to free write everyday, earn some points toward financial rewards and get yourself a new audience as well as possibly attract the attention of someone who could help you get some kind of writing fame.
In essence, we were becoming semi-professional writers, like the semi pro baseball players for $10 and all the beer you can drink.The concept was we would write stories, the website would get advertisers who would pay them and we would either buy products from these advertisers and the site would pay us. Well we weren’t on these sites to buy stuff from advertisers, we were there to write, read and be read. When the advertisers didn’t make money, they pulled their ads.
I joined up, because my website then approaching its 3rd year was still pretty much a friends and family outfit, where that was the extent of my audience. I needed to find out if I was any good, hoping to gain some respect from other writers. Then hopefully I could turn them into fans of my website and me for them as well.
From the day I posted my first story, I knew this was going to change things drastically. My first post was received with huge response and more from there. I gained an interesting following, who also went on to become readers of F@DW.
One of the people in the audience was a short story writer named Tim Nunes. While his stories varied from biographical, to sci-fi and fantasy to mysteries and then some, I saw something of me in his work and he saw something of him in mine. We were vastly different in style, but the meanings were clearly similar.
We were all hanging on to the day when someone important would notice our work, knowing almost none of us would ever see that day. Almost none of us would ever really get paid from these portals. Most of them would go bankrupt before they could get around to paying the writers.
We moved on from portal to portal, not expecting to be paid anymore, just hoping for audience. Thankfully people like Tim were there for me and me for him. As a result of these people, growth in new friends, family and co-workers and many other referrals, my audience quadrupled in 2002 and F@DW became more than a website for myself and many, it was kind of a weekly laugh club where people could be involved and interact.
The other day, I was thrilled to find out, the big call came for Tim Nunes, a story of his was bought and he finally became a professional writer. Long overdue and I can’t be happier for such a great guy and writer. Its a shame its likely not enough for him to quit his day job, but one thing leads to another I hope!
TWO SCOOPS WAY UP FOR TIM!
posted by CuzzinDave at 11:37 AM
3 Comments:
Dave,
You're an extremely talented writer and I have no doubt your time will come as well. Until then, I look forward to the continuance of F@DW and other areas our paths cross. Please promise you won't forget us little people once you get your big break! LOL!
~Sue
Naaa...that won't happen for me! Tim feeds to a specific audience that has much more of a demand than I do. I will be doing F@DW forever and you will never be forgotten!
But thanks for the nice words!
Thanks again for all the kind words, Dave! However, it's gonna take a LOT MORE than a FIVE DOLLAR CHECK (yep, that's how much I was paid for each of the last two stories I sold) for me to quit my 'day job' (plus, there's that whole "you have to keep me in the lifestyle I've become accustomed to" thing, that's surely gonna keep you and me working long after we're both dead! (LOL)).
Anyway, thanks... What more can a guy say? ;-)
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