High Score, LLC is producing a top level website with the mission to provide the highest quality video game guides, news, interviews and reviews to everyone from the hardcore gamer looking for the newest gaming strategy to parents of young gamers desiring a safe environment free from obscene or inappropriate content.
To support this endeavor, we are looking for freelance writers who eat, sleep and breath gaming. We’re looking for people with personality and professionalism who love keeping up with current events in the gaming industry and would enjoy writing about it. It’s time to put all those hours of research to good use and GET PAID.
Job Requirements
To be considered for a freelance writer position you must:
* Stay up to date on current video gaming news.
* Have knowledge of the gaming industry, a unique/creative writing style, and time to research and write.
* Be proficient in the English language (spelling, grammar, sentence structure)
* Be able to contribute a minimum of 10 articles (250-500 words per article) per month.
If you are interested you must submit:
* Three sample article posts relating to current events in the gaming industry.
* A few words about why you are interested in writing about games.
* Your resume including contact information.
We will only review complete applications and we do not open attachments so slap it all in a email to HighScoreLLC@gmail.com
I love it and I looked at all kinds of tools too at computer fairs for coping information to save etc. verses having stacks of notes, paper around. You are right about carpel tunnel as I have to give my wrist a break.
Anyone born prior to 1990 may recall that many moons ago, everything was written by hand. The written word took so long that someone invented a shortcut, hence shorthand.. These days holding a pen or pencil has become as obsolete as eight- track tapes and station wagons.
As a young girl, I wrote until writers cramp became a part of my daily regiment. Now, I can only vaguely remember the discomfort of writers cramp. These days writers cramp has been replaced with carpel tunnel syndrome.
But, with the whole technological advancements, while the computer became the number one business tool, one thing seemed to always be lacking at the end of every document.....my name handwritten out in cursive with blue ink.
A signature is something so personal. It can add a note of sincerity to any message. The desire for a signature can be overwhelming; seeing a signature, smelling the ink smell, that tangy, sharp, metallic smell. One can recall feeling the ink bubble out of a fountain pen while it left an artistic illustration of an individual's personality.
My signature is something that I have longed for since the early 90's when it became obsolete with the computer age. I found myself composing long legal documents that were never intended to be printed since they were simply cyber-documents that would travel from myself to the destination of another person at the other end of an email. I also found it incredibly inconvenient and wasteful to create this long document and then be forced to print it JUST FOR ....a signature, then having to take the time to rescan the pages right back to their original virtual form and save them in my computer's documents folder.
So, approximately one year ago, I set out to find a solution to my ink-less signature dilemma. I tried a variety of methods. At first I tried using the silly little pencil tool that Adobe offers in the Acrobat software program. Not only was it messier than a two year old with crayons, but trying to write a signature with a mouse was an impossible task. My mouse-signatures had a strange similarity to an etcha-sketch drawing.
After my frustration peaked, I moved on. My next signature was derived from Adobe's 'sign and certify ' tool. It must have taken me a half a day to maneuver through the instructions for managing my trusted identities to encrypting my ink-less signature. That process just left me dissatisfied since the final product was simply a stamp that had my name neatly typed into a box. Although it cured my Etcha-Sketch issues, I continued my search.
Recently I set out to finally find a solution. I gathered all of my search engines together on my quest for the perfect virtual signature. I googled, and binged, and yahood. I Asked, I Answered, I Wikipediad, I even dotted and I commed.
And then .....there it was. My perfect virtual signature! I could create more than 500 different varieties of my name. 150 different fonts, neat ones, messy ones, authentic looking ones, professional ones, blue ones, red, green or even rainbow colors. I was in Signature Heaven.
I began the process of authenticating every single document that I wrote, making sure that my signature was the last thing that anyone read. I now put my signature in my blogs, my hubs, emails, threads at school, everywhere I possibly could. I even screen saved one, a big 'SBHelgirl' flashed across my screen as a reminder of my victory and endless search. Go to MyLiveSignature.com and you too, can share my joy.
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Well, that's a bummer. Would you let me know if you happen to run across anything like that contest, I would be so grateful and appreciative. Thanks for letting me know. Keep in touch. I would love to read your stuff if you have any posted.
Sorry to say but yes,the deadline has expired.I'll be more careful and make sure I check the deadlines before posting. But check the link out anyway.They have some good information for writers.
Oh no, are you referring to the deadline on the writing contest that you had posted about? I have yet to check out the site you gave me for that contest, so have no clue as to dates, deadlines, etc.,....oh, I really hope that this is not the case!
Thank you, I will keep in touch, I am excited to have another "writer" to bounce ideas off of while "wading" through this process! Blessings, Brenna ~"catluv"
That's great! Maybe we can network because I am new too. This is my first book! Sorry I miss the deadline on it! You help me out for realizing that. People Helping People ;) So Thank You! keep in touch
Reply to Catluv:---The due date for that writing contest is MAY 31, 2004---I went to the site and took notes until I saw the due date. thought you would like to know. sheshe030
Thank you so very much for the reply and information. I am attempting to write my own book as well...although is sounds as if you are much further along than I. I am very interested to hear about the publishing process with your book and general experiences in the matter. That is, if you wouldn't mind keeping me updated. I am a newbie in the world of writing & publishing, and am just feeling things out. I saw your post about this contest and just thought that it would be a lovely thing to participate in, not to mention, a way to possibly make some money...which would be very nice indeed!
Thank you kindly for responding! Many blessings, Brenna ~"catluv"
No I'm not apart of this program. I find different resources from different website and post them. However,I do find that the information is interesting,just haven't had time to detail it.So I do save them in my favorites to checkout later.I am actually looking for funding to publish my book right now. I may have found something today.I will post them later for anyone else that is looking for the same thing! Thanks for responding...keep in touch ok?
Reply to Impression08:---I looked into the writing essay that you posted at www.powerofpurpose.org and was taking notes on the rules of entering and at the bottom it said due by MAY 31 2004---I just wanted to let you know, thankyou though it was a great site for writers to read, they have some very good ideas. sheshe030
I am curious as to what exactly your message regarding 3,500 word essay details? I am assuming that this is some sort of competition? If you don't mind, would you fill me in on what, when, how, where, etc.? I am extremely interested in participating if this is a legit essay contest ... and if, and where these "winning essays" would be published, not to mention how they choose the winners. Are you a part of this program and how did you come upon this information? I really appreciate any details that you could provide!
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