First of all, if a person is taking a ride to lower balfloriean, and is doing it for his or her own pleasure, the cost is going to be paid out of the rider's pocket. Let's say the trip is 700USD. The trip is finished. The rider returns home, shows the photos of his trip to his neighbor who offers him 200USD for ten of the photos, two each of five different jackasses, and a brief paragraph or two about each photo. Is the rider going to insist that he or she should be paid more because the money offered won't even cover the cost of the trip (the one he made without considering selling any photos, but was just for fun)? I know I wouldn't. As for the quality; most of what I read on the forum wouldn't get past an eighth grade level English class, so wouldn't deserve even the 200USD. I teach English Comp at the university level, have written texts on that and other course subjects, and am only marginally qualified to write articles for public consumption. People who write for a living build into it, or as some have noted, luck into it. Most of the riders' tales in print are not predicated upon the quality of the writing, but on the quality of the adventure.

Second: the whole thread is pointless anyhow because the contact address is invalid. I was going to offer some of my photos (already taken and paid for) of the temples of Korea. I figured it would take 30 minutes to make a red hot, sizzling intro, and I already have the photos. Two hundred dollars EXTRA for virtually no effort on my part is better pay than I can get for the amount of time doing anything else that is legal.