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    Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write

    Perhaps Jaycee Dugard Did Not Need All This Sports News So Soon
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    Image of EddieTheDane EddieTheDane
    09/11/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    It would appear our as of recently flame-haired temptress is busy working hard for that money, honey, and is thus unable to respond to her many loathsome detractors on this site.

    On a related note, I wanna see her boobies, and I'll pay $60 bucks, each, for a gander.

    Smails, please feel free to augment that offer.
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    09/10/09

    In reply to Perhaps Jaycee Dugard Did Not Need All This Sports News So Soon
    "On the plus side, you also missed 'Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip.'"
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    Image of Mackintosh-Toffee Mackintosh-Toffee
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    when i don't want to do the work (in my case, sell the work), i quote ridiculously high prices also. it is a sure fire way to make sure things stay status quo. also, this bitch is a fucking liar.

    but where can that pork chop be?? it is worrisome she hasn't been commenting up a storm in this thread yet!
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    Image of dailyplanet dailyplanet
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    Who is Julia Allison, by the way? Does she write stuff about women in bikini tops galloping on horseback over seductively sandy beaches?
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    Image of Anthony De Rosa Anthony De Rosa
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    She doesn't write for anyone. Anyone can say they want $4 a word, but nobody is stupid enough to actually pay Julia Allison that much to write for them.

    Nice creative writing though, Hamilton. Unfortunately for you, her name doesn't drive as many page views anymore as you would like.
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    09/11/09

    @Soup: "Nice try Hamilton, but you can't fool me" - you're ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.
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    Image of Bunsy Bunsy
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    Here's the thing (as a well known, and well paid journo) -- WHO is paying her $4.00/word? She has never written for Vogue, Bazaar, a newspaper, a reputable publication, ever.

    So she can say $10.00 a word... that doesn't mean she has ever gotten it. (Plus, she can't write. I mean she literally cannot form sentences.)

    I just finished a piece for O mag, and they pay $3.00 or $4.00 a word (forget which)... and to get these gigs, you generally need experience, or have written a few books, or be friends with the editor.

    Just came from Dominick Dunne's funeral -- what a sendoff -- now THERE was a man who could write.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    09/10/09

    @Bunsy: I'm currently asking $4 billion per blog post, but have been known to give a discount. Asking rates are like ad rates.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/11/09

    @raincoaster: i'd write for you for $1 billion
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    $4 seems outrageous, but $1 is standard and even reputable magazines are trying to get away with less than that. Add up hours of emails, interviews, research, writing and editing and, oops, looks like a million j-school grads have entered the elite world of minimum wage.
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    Image of Caroline Meeber Caroline Meeber
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    So when is Julia going to show up here and make horribly unfunny replies to every one of your comments? And does she get paid by the word for those?
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    Image of The One The One
    09/10/09

    @Caroline Meeber: Sometime between 3 and 4 in the morning.
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    Image of Sheila Sheila
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    Four dollars a word---bullshit. Maybe her agent negotiated that for her Time Out column, which (suprise!) wasn't interested in renewing her contract. But, other than that, sorry Julia, we know that's not happening.
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    Image of Edward Lionheart Edward Lionheart
    09/10/09

    @Sheila: Does Time Out even pay a dollar a word? Fifty cents? A quarter? That rate might have been negotiated for some airline mag... but not Time Out.
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    09/10/09

    @Edward Lionheart: good point. I forgot how low their rates were!
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    09/10/09

    @Sheila: So, honest question - what's an average going rate, per word, for an article in the vein of what JA might write?
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    09/10/09

    @Aaron Altman: A buck a word, tops.
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    Image of partypants partypants
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    Hi Gawkertards. I will write anything you want FOR FREE.

    Suck it, Julia.
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    Image of Unfun Unfun
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    Hi Julia! I know you are reading this. Can you please link to some recent columns/articles for which you were paid anywhere near this rate? Because as far as your writing is concerned, I sure as hell haven't seen or read much of it, besides your insipid twatter feed and ridiculous ego-blog, which of course, no one takes seriously.

    Gawker, fuck you forever for creating this beast and foisting her upon the world. There are enough unemployed and underemployed writers in this city, and this monster with boobs with zero talent claims to make this much?

    I urge everyone to watch her spots on Sony's website, which I will not deign to link here. They are truly comedy gold and someone at Sony deserves to be fired. Cupcakes!
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    Image of PrincessKashmir PrincessKashmir
    09/10/09

    @Unfun: God, I've missed you. My thoughts to a T.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    09/10/09

    @Unfun: Marry me.
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    Image of Unfun Unfun
    09/10/09

    @PrincessKashmir: Something about this bitch always pulls me back...
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    Image of Unfun Unfun
    09/10/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner: Would you settle for a quick bone?
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    09/10/09

    @Unfun: So, JA = siren song? Yikes. :-)
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    Image of belle TL belle TL
    09/10/09

    @Unfun: I want to make you a delightful dinner for writing this.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    my rate is $1,000,000,000,000 per word. and a time travel trip to the time of the dinosaurs.
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    Image of jrhys jrhys
    09/10/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I'll write for free in exchange for a trip back in time to when I was unaware of JA's existence.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/10/09

    @jrhys: we can ride the magical time machine to any destination
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    Image of PrincessKashmir PrincessKashmir
    09/10/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I just charged everyone eleventy billion dollars for this comment. Suck on that, Tom Wolfe!
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/10/09

    @PrincessKashmir: we can be rich time travellers together
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    Image of jrhys jrhys
    09/10/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I'm in, as long as we can stop by the 16th century for some lace trimmed weskits.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/11/09

    @jrhys: oh yes by all means weskits. we must have weskits. and bustles. and those little boots that button up the ankle that are amazingly small in the museums because people used to be tiny before vitamins and cookies were invented
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    This makes me want to slam my head against the keyboard until my brain spills out the hole I will inevitably make.
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    Wow! Think of the free lunch we're getting when she comments here, for free! Do I need to start claiming this as a fringe benefit on my income taxes?
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    Image of The One The One
    09/10/09

    @kimsama: No more than people who collect freebies to shill on their blogs have to report said shilling to the IRS.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
    Well, she does have to pay her mother her cut for the actual writing...
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