My First Payment for Writing Articles!!

Wooohoooo!!! This is about a week late, but I just wanted to share this anyway. My first 2 BrightHub articles were approved and published. Come end of month payments, I was paid out $20.01!! I know it's not much. But it's better than nothing, and just proves to me that I can actually make real money with my writing skills.

My ultimate goal: To pay for next semester's school feels with my writing money. I'll be starting grad school. I think I can do it! I also want to get into niche blogging. So I also want to use a little bit of that money for buying domain names and paying for hosting.

I wasn't paid by IB last month. It's probably because I didn't meet the threshold for payment. I'm really enjoying writing for them though. So many titles to choose from!!

I'm thinking about starting a personal writing challenge. I'll give an update and details on that in my next post.

Approved by Internet Brands and Bright Hub!!

I'm so happy right now and can't wait to start!! I got emails from both companies this morning after waiting between 10-14 days. I'd start writing A.S.A.P if I could. At the moment though:

• Internet Brands: I'm still filling out the final batch of paperwork, tax forms, payment details etc. I've just got to wait for them to get back to me regarding the W-9 for they asked me to fill. I'm not a U.S. citizen and the form states I shouldn't be using it if I'm not a 'U.S. person'. So I'm just waiting for clarification.

• Bright Hub: I'm done with the paperwork and got a welcome email from my editor. I'm just having trouble accessing the tutorial material. I'm getting an 'access denied' message. So I've emailed my editor and asked her what I need to do to get access.

I'm really happy right now. I'll keep updating on how I'm going with these two and of course with Hubpages.