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shashanewallace

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  1. Well, my suggestion would be to balance your social life, instead of seeing your friends every weekend, see them every other weekend. If you have a gift for writing, you should exploit it, it might even create a passive source of income for every book published. Of course, it’s important for writers to have a life outside of writing. I’m not a fan of Hemingway, but the man lived a life full of action, he rode horses, hunted, was chased by bulls in Spain, etc. More like seeing them every couple of years. I’m not a very social person, so it works in the favor of my writing. I’m not very adventurous either. Quite dull. One could say I live vicariously through my books. This is what I am working at. So far I’ve met the goal of making my current daytime salary every month from my books. Still not ready to give up the day job yet though. But it feels amazing to be able to know extra money is coming in without even having to write a month or two if I didn’t want to. I didn’t have a social life before writing anyway. I’ve just found a new way to occupy my time
  2. That makes sense, I’m just glad my favorite writers don’t do that. Quality > Quantity. Even if it’s lowbrow fiction that makes the so-called “intellectuals” frown, it needs to be good if not great. I’ll even forgive bad spelling and grammar as long as it’s a ■■■■ good story. I’m not saying it’s not important, I’m just saying I’ve read plenty of boring goods that had perfect grammar and spelling. For me, passion dictates how often I release. Writing is my life, and I write quickly so I’ve been able to publish a book per month so far. I can write for hours non-stop but that’s at the expense of not having a social life.
  3. Wish people would realize this. Actually, it’s a whole lot of marketing behind it than just being lazy. The fact is that there are only so many books that one person can write per month, and more releases mean more $$$ so some authors hire ghostwriters in order to do the rapid release strategy.
  4. Hey guys. I no longer work on Fiverr that much, but when I saw what was going on, I thought fellow ghostwriters should be aware of potential backlash coming out of a particular case. I made the transition from avid ghostwriter to self-published author last year, so I’ve been hanging around the author circles, and this cropped up a couple days ago. A popular romance author was caught plagiarizing from other authors. So far there are over 19 authors that she has plagiarized and published these books. She has won awards and one of these books was also on RWA list for a prize. It was pulled recently given the complaints. She is also a NYT bestselling author. Why do I mention this? Because she has reach. It’s trending on social media. When she was found out recently and her sins all spiraled before her, she tried to shift the blame. Guess where? To Fiverr. This author claims that she hired a ghostwriter from Fiverr and had no idea the ghostwriter plagiarized content and submitted it to her. It’s not that I think this isn’t possible, but the way she conveniently adds that the ghostwriter had already closed their Fiverr account is a lot more than fishy to me. Plain and simple, I believe this author is using us ghostwriters on Fiverr as a scapegoat. So, right now, the author world is discussing the topic of ghostwriting very hard. There is bashing both of ghostwriting and Fiverr. I know several people use ghostwriters to maintain rapid release but given the scrutiny, Fiverr and ghostwriters here may be treated a little suspect, even more than usual. Romance writers may take the most hit in clients giving things a while to simmer down before they hire ghostwriters. Or they may try to be more stringent about certain checks before they approve work submitted by us. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had to set a few people straight about this site. The world seems to think we are all crooks who don’t take pride in our work. I call b.s on it. I may not be here working a lot anymore, but I use services here, and I earned a lot here too. I may not be around a lot anymore, but I remember this is where I started before I started earning enough self-publishing to branch out on my own. Keep striving for excellence and maintain integrity in our work.
  5. I think a misconception is that this money is in the Payoneer account Fiverr had me sign up for in order to complete a bank withdrawal. No, there’s no money in my Payoneer account and none has ever been sent there.
  6. I’m trying to figure out what you mean I can’t. I can’t get money I worked for or it won’t be sent back to my Fiverr and I just have to wait? (please note the money is still stated in my Fiverr as initiated and has not been sent anywhere. So I’m trying to figure out what “you can’t mean?”
  7. That would be a question for an expert in international law if you want to take it there, not for me. :balance_scale: Yes, thanks. I did study it but I’m really concerned, because the money has not been transferred anywhere. It’s not urgent so I’ll wait next week and see what happens.
  8. Withdrawn funds cannot be reversed, I understand. Withdrawals are final and cannot be undone. That I also understand. Now these are very ambiguous terms that I know any lawyer and I am not one, can pick into. Number one, withdrawn funds means that money was taken from Fiverr and put elsewhere. Fiverr has taken the funds but funds have not been appropriated anywhere. (Note withdrawal request was to my bank). Number two, for something to be declared that it “cannot be undone” it would have had to be done in the first place. What has Fiverr done? Sent me a message to say the withdrawal request is initiated with a 3-5 day wait but the withdrawal has not be done. This is the message I receive from Payoneer: We’re glad to let you know that Fiverr has initiated a payment to you as per the following details: Initiated being the operative word here. The message quoted above would have me believe that if I request withdrawal from Fiverr and they state it has been withdrawn but it is hanging somewhere and not sent anywhere “I have no legal grounds with Fiverr?”
  9. Submitted my first withdrawal request on Monday which was so difficult to do, selecting the bank withdrawal method. There is a lack of clarity doing the process. My bank doesn’t use a branch code and a bank code and advised me to fill it out with zeros. I did and Payoneer sends me a message that it is incorrect and I should forward the correct information so I advised them of the information my bank relayed to me. I also screenshot the conversation with my bank about the same and forwarded it to them. Days have passed with no word from Payoneer about whether or not the information was received or whatever. I had to send Payoneer a message again, asking if they can do the withdrawal or not. Days passed again then they contact me that they’ve sent the information to the relevant “desk” and will update me. How hard does it take for them to confirm whether or not the information I provided can be used or not? I am fed up at this point and just want them to send back my money so I can direct it through paypal. I’ve never had issues with bank withdrawal on any other site that I work with. Does fiverr have anything to say with regards to this since they are the ones who initiates this bank withdrawal with Payoneer? The money neither shows in my Payoneer account nor my fiverr account. Am I going to have to wait another week for them to get this sorted out? Am I able to contact Fiverr to cancel the withdrawal request or do I have to go through Payoneer?
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