Examiner

Dear Shell,

http://www.examiner.com/x-35797-Flint-Cooking-Examiner?showbio

I have recently started writing for Examiner.com. My first two articles needed to have some changes done to get them set up the way they wanted them, but now I am considered a regular Cooking Examiner! I just posted my third article today. From what I understand from the information that was sent to me and the training videos, I need to try to post at least 3-4 articles per week, the more the better. And they need to be local whenever possible.

Unfortunately, the "local" is Flint, and I do not know Flint all that well, especially when it comes to food/ingredient shopping. So I'm having to research the different grocery stores and such to try to include them into my articles as places to get ingredients. In my research though I did find a grocery store in Flint that caters mostly to Indian ingredients, so I may have an article about that store next. I did get permission to write about some of places in the towns around Flint, but they'd prefer I use Flint mostly.

Another unfortunate thing is, they frown upon first person writing, which makes it hard to write about an experience with a recipe and the results if you have to write it in third person. But I shall prevail!

Pay rate depends on page views and length of session on the page, although they are making a change next week. Starting next week, there will be a small bonus included for local articles, up to 5 local articles per week.

This won't be a high paying job, I'll be lucky to make enough for a nice dinner out each month, but every penny helps. I love writing and this lets me get some exposure as a writer, and experience doing it.

Keep those pots and pans ready!
Shell