Articles written by Mary Duncanson

Education > Financing College How to bear the cost of college now: 3 of 5

You've been answering the phones for the same company for the past ten years, and as you watch people being promoted above you...all around you...you wonder, "Could I possibly afford to go back to college?" Your pay rate certainly does not support that option, but does that mean you'll be stuck in this dead end job forever? ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Death: 44 of 60

I can't say that I have ever been truly nefarious in nature, I tend to be a pretty sweet person; however, I have been a party to the deaths of quite a few defenseless little animals. Not that chickens or rabbits are necessarily defenseless, but certainly they had no idea what was coming. When I was a much smaller girl, maybe...
Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging Motivations for being an unpaid online writer: 22 of 30

While it is easy to see why people might choose to write for Helium, it is not always as easy to understand why people would choose to be unpaid online bloggers. So when one writing community offers money for your work, and another does not, why would one choose to be part of the latter group? I believe there are several rea...