5 articles I never thought I would write

Posted by Allison on Jul 31, 2009 in "The Page of Fives" |

Another 'five' entry

Writing is a funny occupation – and for funny read strange! As an online freelance writer I write and sell articles to all kinds of buyers for all kinds of reasons. I don’t ask why they want certain items of content – it is my job simply to find out what they want and to deliver it.

But I thought this would make a great post for my ongoing series, The Page of Fives. As you may remember, this is basically a series of articles which focuses on five of something. And since I have written articles on all kinds of things that I wouldn’t specify as being a specialist subject of mine, I thought it would be good to share some of them with you.

So here we are – 5 articles I never dreamed I would find myself writing about. Not all of them are mindblowing; the point here really is to point out that although my specialities are eBay, internet marketing, writing and working from home, I can and have ventured out into unknown territory on many occasions!

And you can too – take this as proof that it can happen:

Conservatories – one of my first major jobs was for 86 articles in 3 weeks on the subject of conservatories. Needless to say, if you need a conservatory added to your house and you want to know all about it, I’m your gal!
A weekly article focusing on currency markets – I am no big fan of currencies or their associated exchange rates, let alone Forex markets. But every week I write a 2000 word article on this kind of thing – and what’s more I have actually come to really enjoy it! Isn’t this writing life a strange one?
The ins and outs of airport parking – I’m an expert on this too now. l I should be, at least where UK airports are concerned, because I have lost count of the number of articles I have written on this subject over the past six months or so. It’s passed the half century mark for sure.
Dreams where you find yourself inexplicably without clothing – ahem. Yes. I will admit it. This article was published in a magazine years ago, but it still sticks in the mind for obvious reasons.
Buried toads – this is a bizarre one to finish one. Apparently toads have been found buried where they have been for years, and then dug up alive. All very strange – and I couldn’t resist writing (and selling) an article about it.

So there you have it. In case you are short of ideas, or you think you couldn’t possibly write and sell an article on a particular subject, let me prove you wrong. After all, I managed to sell all of the above, either to magazines, to websites or to other clients for their own uses.

You can too.