Okay... taking a chance with this.
As many of you know, I have been trying to make some headway into the film and tv business in recent years. I've had a little bit of success but nowhere near what I would have hoped to have had at this point.
In early 2009, I began having some health issues which required both surgery on one occasion and a stay in the hospital on a second occasion. As a result of this, I was out of the loop a bit in the work stuff. I have yet to get "fully" back in. I'm not going to get into all the details but I'm not a happy camper on the matter. Some of it would violate various forum rules. It's safe to say that I have been getting a lot of conflicting advice both on the medical stuff and the professional stuff.
In December of last year, I began doing some blogs for the Zombie Cat Productions website (http://www.zombiecatproductions.com). They are a local outfit and while I am not a perfect fit for them, it's at least keeping me active somewhat locally. This has led to the idea that I could possibly get paid to write for some other sites while I am trying to get the health issues (which are still plaguing me) in order. It may or may not help me out with the issues I have been having with these couple of scripts but it will at least be a start. My own searches on the net have not yielded many decent results. I found one site that is basically wanting you to pay to get their writing stuff before they allegedly pay you and another site called "Associated Content" that I am not sure of the validity of. Anyone who knows of any legit sites, please let me know.
The other issue is relating to Facebook and Twitter. I have had a Facebook page and Twitter page since before it was cool to have them. (Other than incident where I accidentally deleted my Twitter page and restarted it five minutes later.) I prefer Twitter for various reasons.
As for Facebook, I currently have my page deactivated. I was examining a function on there to "make my profile my page" and realized that I would have to create a "fan page" again to utilize it. My problem is that my facebook friends list is part industry professionals (some of whom I very much want to keep in touch with) and one part friends i know from high school, college, and further back than that as well as family.
I created a fan page originally to try to separate the two but that didn't work. Right now, I have what has been called "some insane privacy settings" that still hasn't quite eliminated getting random friend requests from people who I do not know but have mutual friends with. Suggestions? I mean a few of the professional contacts I have are legit friends. And I don't want to delete certain acquaintances in other industries who I have mutual friends with either. What's a good way to let other people know the situation?
Thanks for any help and advice in advance.
For the Facebook thing, you could just get two accounts: one for friends and family and one for professional associates. You'd have to sign up under two different email addresses, and it might be a hassle toggling back and forth, but it would be one solution.
For the entertainment thing, I'd go for the cash paying gig to build a resume and maintain a positive cash flow until something else breaks open. Truth is I am getting close to final revisions on writing a short story and was wondering about different options about shopping around for a publisher. If I find something useful to you in my research, I will steer you towards it.