The Road Less Traveled

Happy Earth Day fellow citizens.

This April 22nd, 2009 marks the 39th year of Earth Day, and the initiation of Earth Day’s 40th anniversary/2010 campaign on what has been branded The Green Generation Campaign.

The Green Generation Campaign’s core values are listed as the following based from the Earth Day Network website:

* A carbon-free future based on renewable energy that will end our common dependency on fossil fuels, including coal.

* An individual’s commitment to responsible, sustainable consumption.

* Creation of a new green economy that lifts people out of poverty by creating millions of quality green jobs and transforms the global education system into a green one.

Notice this third core goal - I certainly would like to see a new green economy, and one that truly does create quality jobs and green education. Perhaps this is setting the footsteps in the right direction after all.

I am anticipating over the next decade we will witness and experience some novel turn-about(s) in these areas. Here’s to time will tell . . .

I was thinking about ghost writing recently due to a few events around me lately. As you, the reader, may know, a good portion of online writing websites provides article writing services for those seeking website, blog, or forum content. I don’t have an issue with this aspect, as not all website owners are skilled writers, nor have the time to produce excellent content.

Not only are articles, blog posts and so on imperative markets for the professional global writer these days, but another hot market for the writer lies in copy-editing websites. Average copywriters charge around $100-150 per page written.

Furthermore, the origins of writing actually began in commerce, believe it or not, so a writer does what a writer has to do. Throughout history, writers have partnered up with commerce every step of the way; now, writers are partnering up with e-commerce.

Ghost writers have been around a long time. Ghost writers write more than novels, especially since the Internet.

What disturbs me though . . . Are recent observations to the market of ghost writing ‘term papers’, dissertations, and so on. With an academic background, and never once employing a ghost writer to do my work for me, I am appalled.

Interestingly, a segeau to this for me was posting my limits on a website profile where I edit. I’m willing to assist one’s masterpiece, but NOT write it for you. I went through a very long process of application whereby my degrees were necessary, only to discover it has a large portion of ghost writing involved.

All I can think is how many educated, and professorial types would actually consider writing someone’s paper for pay? Working in a university setting as I have - we had very strict guidelines to such practices.

In consideration to these thoughts of mine recently, please understand if there are any academic ghost writing opportunities present in job orders on any website job positions listed here on this blog - I do not support them. Nor do I want to know of anyone who employs writers for obtaining their degree (if you can call it that)!

What does that piece of paper mean if you never worked for it? It’s the next step to virtually paying for a degree and never attending university, and it’s SAD.

Nor do I consider ’spinning articles’ ethical as I recently seen as a job posting on a website. Spinning articles is not software I consider real writer tools.

Now there’s nothing I can do about these, nor for those who have no ethical dilemma taking these kinds of jobs, but I don’t condone them!!! Cheers!