Writing for Peanuts and Loving It

By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer

Mark Ranalli, founder and CEO of Helium.com, sits in his conference room in Andover, Mass. Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Helium.com is one of several internet sites used as a platform by amateur and professional writers to post articles on a broad range of topics in hopes of marketing them. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

(AP) -- In her spare time, away from her duties as a chemicals specialist in the Army, Angie Papple fires up her computer and writes an article about something close to her, like life in the military. Other times she'll analyze a piece of software. Or she'll churn out advice for travelers to Hawaii, where she lives, or Puerto Rico, where she's never been.

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