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jfletcher
Will work for food
Joined: 24 Aug 2004
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 Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: Help jfletcher find a new job |
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Friends, today I got downsized. It was not a huge surprise, since the newspaper industry has been dying for years, but I was hoping I could at least make it one more year to find something else.
Anyway, now I'm a free agent.
Since I love poker, I was looking for a way to combine poker and my writing skills.
Anyone out there have any suggestions? Maybe someone looking for an editor/co-writer for a poker book? Or thinking of starting a magazine?
I'm all ears. |
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Stew21
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
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Location: Orlando, Fl
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| You could always start your own blog. |
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jfletcher
Will work for food
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| Stew21 wrote: | | You could always start your own blog. |
Can you make money doing that?
(Just realized the OP in this thread was my 3,000th.... Wow, not one to remember  ) |
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krazytxan
Texas Matriarch
Joined: 26 May 2004
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Sorry to hear that fletch...wish I had an "inspirational" idea, but I don't.
Keep us updated. |
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toronexti
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wow, you were telling me at the wsop about this. You sounded like it was a couple years off though. Do you have other hobbies besides poker?
You can always send your resume to places like pokernews and see what they say, though I'm not sure you'd get paid near anything that you were before. |
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jfletcher
Will work for food
Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 3162
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| toronexti wrote: | | wow, you were telling me at the wsop about this. You sounded like it was a couple years off though. |
Yeah, I was pretty sure this was going to happen sometime in the next 12 to 18 months. It just came a little sooner than expected.
| Quote: | | Do you have other hobbies besides poker? |
Actually, I already applied for a golf writing job. I probably won't get it, but it's a start.
There are also a few other baseball internet possibilities out there (mlb.com, espn.com), but right now there are so many out-of-work sports writers just like me it's like everyone jumping off the Titanic into 3 lifeboats. |
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Stew21
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
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Location: Orlando, Fl
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| jfletcher wrote: | | Stew21 wrote: | | You could always start your own blog. |
Can you make money doing that?
(Just realized the OP in this thread was my 3,000th.... Wow, not one to remember ) |
Why not?
Start on myspace, or something similar.
Get enough people reading it, and I'm sure advertising will follow.
This, of course, would not be an overnight thing. |
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janeg
Regina Canada
Joined: 04 Oct 2004
Posts: 5112
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river
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Sorry to hear that jfletch. There was a book I read a few years back that had an interesting slant on writing Damn! Why Didn't I Write That. It focused on the longevity of non-fiction books and gave numerous examples. If I remember right, some of the most consistent sellers were reference books on niche topics. It might twig some ideas for you while you're looking.
What about a book on key WSOP hands from the beginning until the 2008 WSOP? Along the lines of 'One hand at a time'? (never mind, just checked Amazon and there's a '52 Greatest Moments World Series of Poker' that's just come out). Damn...lol
Anyway, hope something comes your way soon. |
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wade
Should be Banned
Joined: 11 Oct 2004
Posts: 3055
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| There's always a demand for intelligent, well rounded people. Sorry to hear about the layoff - hopefully it leads to bigger and better things for you. |
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Bullajami
Uber Squid
Joined: 03 Sep 2004
Posts: 8838
Location: Mrs. Bull's Doghouse
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| Try this. |
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nsidestrate
Suited's Love Monkey
Joined: 26 May 2004
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I dunno. I'm pretty sure that jfletch is straight.
I'm sorry about your misfortune, although I have little to offer in terms of advice. Its a terrible time in the newspaper biz. |
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Primitive
Odin Incarnate
Joined: 02 Aug 2004
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Location: Oslo
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Bullajami
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That makes my pants want to get up and dance!  |
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PauliF
Shoes in Safe
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
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Location: London
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this may well be the most outrageous (yet hilarious) threadjack ever
Fletch I am sorry to hear your bad news
try and see it as new begining with all the positivity that brings
It seems to me that the poker writing is fairly saturated already
there is going to be a lot of work over the next few years for all kinds of number crunchers. accountants, solvency specialists, analysts, actuaries etc etc etc there is going to be GOOD money for anyone who is handy with a spreadsheet... not only is this mess going to need to untangled somehow (requiring number crunchers) there are going to be lots of businesess going to the wall, lots of redundancies, lots of takeovers, lots of mergers. these all need number crunchers.
getting the skills required to do these jobs should not be difficult for a man of your intellect in a very short period of time. I suspect you may well be able to many of these jobs already
hope that helps
but thing I would most recommned is that you read "awaken the giant within" by Tony Robbins
good luck |
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Dogs
1K Club
Joined: 17 May 2006
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| You know, the first time I read an ITH Mafia thread I thought to myself: 'Hmm, someone could put this in a book and sell it...' |
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