The second new section is a list of online and print magazines who pay, and list their writers guideline on their website. This new addition currently has 21 publications. Content varies from fiction to poetry to non-fiction. I started, for the most part, with markets that interested me: travel, fantasy fiction, technology and poetry. I will be adding to this section regularly. Thus far I have only looked at guidelines for writers. I will be adding another section with magazines who have their photographer’s guidelines listed on their website sometime in the near future.

Well, it’s time to give you guys some numbers. They will be pretty skewed this month for a number of reasons. I spent a lot of time designing and researching for this blog instead of writing. Since I still have bills to pay, I am still also desperately looking for a regular day job. Much of this month was also dedicated to learning and using social networking sites. Anyway, here are this months numbers.

I’m going to start with my word count for the month. This is as much for me as it is for you. I want to get faster each month, without compromising the quality of my writing, and this is one statistic I will use to track that.

All in all, I can’t say I’m impressed with my word count. I hope to double this in September and I think that is achievable, especially since I only really dedicated half of last month to article writing. There is also no new photography being added this month. My wife and I are looking for a space to set up our studio again and shoot. A studio setting is where I thrive. I can shoot outdoors but to really do this well, I need to be in an area that I find inspiring. This city, the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, just does not provide for me in that capacity. As soon as we have a space to shoot in, we will start adding photos to the monthly tally.

Now on to the dollar count.

Obviously I won’t be living off this months earnings, but it’s a start. Now let’s move to photography earnings.

Agency	Number of photos	Earnings
Shutterstock	143	$30.30
Dreamstime	213	$10.53
iStock	44	$3.85
StockXpert	134	$3.10
Fotolia	200	$3.19
BigStockPhoto	194	$1.50
StockPhotoMedia	248	€2.50
123rf	184	$0.36
Canstock Photo	222	$0.75
Scandinavian Stock Photo	187	€1.00
		Total: $53.58 & €3.50

This, I am more impressed with. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not near enough to live off of either, but considering this is the off-season for microstock sales and that I haven’t been uploading new photos, I am happy with this months results. I did sell an extended licence with Shutterstock this month for an extra 28 bucks, but even without the EL I would have been happy. I hope over the next month, if we are unable to gain a space to start shooting, to at least upload five more shots. If we can gain a shooting space, to upload more than five.

We’ll see what the coming month brings. That’s it from this front, it’s time for me to start my next Bright Hub article.

I’m going to give it a go. This is not my first attempt, but it will be the most dedicated attempt. I’ve been studying online income for the past four years whenever I get a chance. Now I sit, jobless and with very few job prospects. Not only do I have no choice but to make this work, but I’m excited about having something to pour myself into.

I’m not totally starting from scratch though. I currently have 250 photos on various microstock photography websites, although I’ve barely uploaded anything new in the past 2 years. This has been passive income at it’s best, and what made me sure that a living could be attained at home via the internet. I consistantly make around the same amount each month, 8 months out of the year from these photos. Stock photography sales plummet over the summer months. I also started writing again which was a hobby in my teens. I’ve been publishing articles online since June of this year.

Each month I will highlight where I’m earning money, and how much I’ve made. Using me as an example you can see what works and what doesn’t to help you on your journey.