Click Here To View More About LARAY CARR aka LCP Media, Laray Carr Publications

Here is another article about LCP. They have a website up now, but that is it, nothing more. It has no content. You will also want to read something about Quincy Carr which is interesting at this site as well. Check out Katherine's site by clicking the title and Deb Ng's writersrow.com for all the scoops about Laray Carr or LCP.

I also wonder what Hope Hunt, Roger Owen, Quincy Carr and Thelma Smith have in common. Also, what does David Person who signed the bottom of my application that Hope sent me, have to do with this Company as well. David Person's name and signiture is at the bottom of the application saying he is the Director of Publication Development.

Are there way to many names associated with this company? Especially after reading all the information, you will also wonder "Who is Laray Carr Publications or LCP Media? Who is Hope Hunt? Are Quincy Carr and Thelma Smith behind the entire thing?

How To Add The Watermark To The Sample

When using Microsoft Word it is actually easy to add your watermark too.

Step 1- Click on the format tab and find Background. You will then see "Printed Watermark"

Step 2- Click on "Printed Watermark" and another box opens up.

Step 3- Check the "Text Watermark"

Step 4- In the TEXT box, you can enter "Copyright September 2007 Do Not Copy"

Step 5- Then pick your font, size and color. A light color is more professional, therefore, I use the gray. The font size will depend on your article length. Here is where you just play around with the different fonts and sizes until you find the one that fits the page the best.

Step 6- Then check "Diagonal"

Step 7- Click on "Apply" and the "OK".

You now have a text watermark on your article.

Click Here To View WRITERS BEWARE

I have had the pleasure of reading Writers Beware and have found some very valuable information that I need to pass on to all freelance writers. When you visit Writer Beware, you as a writer will learn valuable and upfront information you need. The latest LCP Media controversy is discussed. People need to see Writers Beware and read the information as it give information about this company and some information about working from Craigslist.

Up Your Price People, Stop Giving Away Your Articles

It seems that every time we turn around more people are finding ways to steal from us as writers. Have you noticed the low paying jobs being advertised? One dollar for 400 word articles, two dollars to rewrite 800 word articles, this is ridiculous. Are we going to keep this type of pay scale and just accept it? No, we need to make a living at what we do, or we will never be able to survive.

Eventually, the people who offer these ridiculous prices are going to get what they paid for, junk content with no relevant information. Writers, if you want to write for the Internet, you have to start marketing yourself as a professional. Professionals do no write for such asinine pay rates. If everyone refuses to write for those low pay rates, everyone will benefit. People wanting content both online and offline will have to pay for good content. Eventually, the Internet will be filed with false information, because if you pay such low prices, people are not going to do the correct research. High paying clients require offline research as well. This is done at a library or another research facility.

If people continue to write for a dollar an article or for cheap prices just to get the job, then when do you have time to live your life? You will be writing 24/7 just to make a living and that is not what working for yourself is all about. I will on occasion write for $1 a hundred words, but find these types of jobs as fill in work when I am slow. I will not ever undermine myself or my writings by working as a cheap writer.

Pay Me Money And You Can Make Money “SCAM”

You probably receive many of these emails in your email, see them on forums or see them everywhere on the Internet. Run, run, and run. These are not legitimate work at home jobs. Why would they want you to pay to receive the information to do the work? They do this because this is also how you will may the money as well. They scam you and you scam someone else. Is this a fair way to make money? No, if you want a legitimate job, you have to look for it, apply with or without a resume or sample of your work and then see if you receive the job.

Why do people continue to participate in these ridiculous schemes? Because nobody has the time to take to tell people when you participate in these scams, you are ripping people off just like you have been ripped off. Just because it happened to you, does not mean you should do it to others. Speak up and tell your story so others will not fall prey to this hideous scams. The newest scam I am really upset about seeing is the “HOME WORKERS NEEDED” “Earn $1000+ per month from home”. They even guarantee you will find someone gullible to receive your paycheck.

They need an online typist, Research typist, click typist, mail list compiler and a affiliate typist. Fun work and great money you would think to yourself. NO IT IS NOT. Once you get all excited, you see at the bottom of the page that you have to pay $165 to start and then another $25 dollars every three months. First off, you are giving somebody $165 of your own money and then in order to keep it up, every three months you are going to give this person another $25. Fantastic, now gets see how badly you got ripped off.

The person doing this just found five uniformed people to buy in at $165 a piece. There fore, this person just made back their investment plus $660. They are done now. They got their money back and can now just retire from the scam because it is to much work to find someone to swindle. However, for you, you are stuck with no work, no money and you are out $165.

Oh, did I forget to tell you, the online typist, Research typist, click typist, mail list compiler and a affiliate typist are just a pretty name for “scam someone to make money”. You get plenty of typing by going to reputable forums and classified places to scam people to participate. However, you are out of luck, we all not the scam and you got suckered and we will not participate in such a scam!

NEVER, NEVER PAY TO WORK FOR ANYONE.

My First Two Samples With COPYRIGHT Across The Front

Well, I have sent out my first two samples with my ‘Copyright September 2007 Do Not Copy’ plastered across it. I am more at ease because of using this way of showing potential clients a sample of my work. I can now start taking more action if my samples are stolen and not paid for.

I think that everyone should consider this as an every day occurrence. My motto from now on will be copyright, copyright, copyright.

If you do not have any clue how to make the watermark in the picture below, I will be happy to post the directions on here so that everyone can see how to do it.

Thanks for stopping and I hope this blog is a help to you in the future.