{"id":1950,"date":"2021-05-25T06:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T06:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marieclaudearnott.com\/?page_id=1950"},"modified":"2025-02-12T15:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:47:06","slug":"other-stories-at-writing-is-living","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marieclaudearnott.com\/?page_id=1950","title":{"rendered":"Other Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1950\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1950-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1950-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-1950-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1950-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1950-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-2d3b3e91e3b9-1950\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOther Stories \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1950-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1950-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-1950-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1950-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>In earlier years, I contributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/orato.world\/our-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orato.com<\/a>, a citizen journalism site with the motto True Stories from Real People. I then wrote content for<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suite101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Suite101.com<\/a>, a collaborative digital site with shared revenues from advertising. It was a novel opportunity for freelance writers, who had to maximize the concept of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in their articles. It was very successful until that concept overpowered quality and accuracy. I did my best to write according to what made sense.<\/p>\n<p>A few of these multi-topic 'vintage' articles are republished here. They have retained their informative value, if only as a perspective. 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