Online Writer at Large!!

I have written books and short stories for more than forty years and have also written and directed a film. In between I have written hundreds of articles. I do not take on more work than I can handle as I like to deliver on time. My arithmetic is really simple: $1.50 per 100 words. My longest piece of writing for a customer was 12,500 words at $2.50 per 100 words. I am South African with dual citizenship as I am also a Canadian citizen and can write for both an American and English reader. My writing is crisp and concise, with no fluff to pad the article. I have two samples of my writing below. I don’t write articles specifically to get a job. I have learned my lesson where I have done this once or twice believing in human nature, only to have them change their email and absconding with the article.

I can write enthusiastically if I am passionate about the subject, and write in an easy style. I prefer not to do technical articles as there are people better qualified than I to write passionately about SEO and other technical subjects. I am not computer savvy, but know the human condition, being an author myself. By this time you have a fair grasp of my style. The thing I want to mention and which may actually spoil my chances for a really great company to do articles for, is that someone should speak up for writers where customers have unrealistic expectations, offer peanuts for writing services, and expect to get the best writing for their dollar. You get what you pay for. As I said to someone once: “I paid my writing dues by enhancing my skill as a writer over forty years. You are not paying me to type; you are paying me for my brain, my ideas, my ability with the deliciousness and arrangement of words. My words promote your business. If you employ someone who can’t speak English and pay pennies for convoluted and grammatically incorrect language, you get what you pay for.”

I am a conscientious and reliable worker, and am able to do your articles. Contact me at eyes@intekom.co.za or jacobs.rayda@gmail.com if you are interested in using my services. Because I work on my own, I only take on one full project at a time. My sample articles are below.

Rayda

Sample 1

Saving a marriage from self-destructing

Is your marriage in the process of self-destructing? And is it worth saving? One quick way to find out is to revisit your vows and ask yourself whether you are giving your relationship the same love and respect as the day you had entered into matrimony. The marriage certificate is not a license for temporary fun. You can’t play at being married; you either enter into matrimony all the way, or you don’t get married at all. Marriage is not about one person’s needs. It is about two people’s needs, their feelings and their regard for each other. You don’t get married to legitimize an unwanted pregnancy and where there is no love and no desire to be with the other person.

Marriage is about two people who have agreed to share their lives and agreed to raise a family together; both are responsible for the maintenance of the marriage. We service our cars once a year, we do small oil changes in between; why don’t we apply the same logic in a marriage? Why don’t we do a personal assessment of our own behavior every few months to make sure the marriage vehicle is well oiled? Is a marriage just an institution we should aspire to for a short while, and then get out of and aspire to again with someone else? Is marriage just a passport from one partner to another?

Sometimes people marry for the wrong reasons. Their biological clock is ticking and they are starting to panic that they will not find the right partner. The chase is on and they are virtually on a hunting spree for the right person to marry. They are in a relationship for three months and cement the deal. When the marriage breaks down a year later because of cultural, religious and other differences, or one partner discovers that the other partner has an addiction, they can’t understand why they didn’t see the train coming. These people go from partner to partner thinking the next partner will fix everything; they can’t see that they have contributed to the demise of the marriage and that they are equally responsible.

The marriage experts would probably say that there is no relationship that cannot be worked out, but truthfully, some marriages deserve to die a quick and sudden death because it had never been entered into for the right reasons in the first place. The matrimonial home is not a dump site for your demons from the past. If marriage is entered into because two people are genuinely in love, and know that marriage is about the good as well as the bad and that there will always be obstacles to challenge us, you have a fighting chance to survive. Discard unrealistic expectations. Listen to the other partner articulate his or her needs. Take the same care with your appearance as before. Enter a discussion with an open mind. The key ingredient for marriage is respect. More and more people are living single lives today. If you are not cut out to share your space and your time with a partner, don’t get married.

Sample 2

Packing For the Birthing Center

Packing your bag for the hospital to give birth is both an exciting and apprehensive event. You are going to be a mother. You don’t know what to expect. You are excited, but also a little afraid. You are not only packing your own things, you are packing in baby clothes; something that is new to you. Here are some tips and ideas to make sure you have everything.

Pack two bags; one for you and one for the baby. Your bag will contain a fresh outfit to go home in, a comfortable pair of shoes, and a jacket in the event of bad weather. Make a list of your toiletries such as toothpaste, facial and hand cream, hairbrush and comb, personal toiletries, pills or ointments you are currently on, a feeding bra to make the process easier. If this is your first baby, you know that it will take time to get used to breastfeeding, and you may also need a breast pump which the hospital will provide. A soft round cushion with a hole in the middle should also be bought. This is placed in a comfortable position under the baby in your arms to make for easier feeding.

Some hospitals provide a bag of sanitary towels, and some don’t. Bring your own sanitary napkins and wipes. Pack in a few panties. Other toiletries might include shampoo and your favorite soap. Also pack in some reading material for those in-between times when the baby is asleep and you can relax.

For the baby bag pack in diapers, baby blankets, a shawl, a few sleepers, bootees, a bonnet to keep the infant’s head covered, and a soother just in case one is needed. A crucial item for the baby is the car seat. Some hospitals provide one, some don’t. You have to have one anyway, so have your husband come prepared with the baby seat already installed in the back of the car. You don’t want to stand outside the car while your husband struggles to fit the seat.

Leave baby books and toys for the baby at home. Bringing this along is useless as the baby is a newborn and the items will only make your bags heavier.

Bring clothes to sleep in and a gown. The hospitals provide a gown but you might be more comfortable in your own clothes when you get out of bed to go to the bathroom or to see the baby in the nursery. Have soft blankets with which to swaddle the baby. This is not to say that the baby should be swaddled all the time, but for traveling home in the car you don’t want the hands and arms out of the blanket as you don’t want it to get caught in a car door or in the car seat.

Best item of all, bring a point and shoot camera for your husband to capture the event.

PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE SAMPLE ARTICLES AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED

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