Does it matter what the words are? Who wrote them? Which language they're in?

If the answer to one or more of these is no, call me.

Four Thousand words for £250.00 seems cool.
I don't see why I should take a week to provide them though.

I'll give you $2.50 for 4000 words on the topic "My Best Summer Ever."

No, I have to write them and I get 250, they are on military influence on culture and are for a magazine.

No, I have to write them and I get 250, they are on military influence on culture and are for a magazine.

There's a hint: write 2000. Copy & paste.

If I post each sentence twice that's only 2,000 words ;)

My offer still stands, BtGoG, but if your best summer ever involves a lot of military influence on culture, I might start to get suspicious.

Hah, all my thoughts are unoriginal and derivative!

all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy

...and so forth

Make sure you run a hash on the finished product, because they're paying you by the word. If you use "a", "the", "and", and so on more than once, it doesn't count, because it's the same word.

That's how they getcha.

Huh, even at the crappy exchange rate, I get paid better in $ per word by the MainStreamMedia site I write for (but then Microsoft and NBC/Universal are made of money and everything I can get out of their corporate coffers is a big win for the Prole). Unfortunately, I haven't been able to come up with an article idea since I wrote about the Writers' Strike early in December. Is it Writer's Block or is my imagination honoring the picket lines? I don't know. Maybe I should ask the bunnies for ideas - but remember, this is for an Entertainment Section where the Reality TV and Celebrity Gossip subsections are as important as Movies and Music, and at the bottom is "Arts, Books and More".

Military influence on culture?

General Motors
General Electric
Colonel Sanders
Cap'n Crunch
Major League Baseball
Private Enterprise
Private Parts

...yes, I'm being Rank.

Actually, this is tough. It's an angle I wouldn't want to write about because, even as the Military is consuming more than half the Federal Budget here in the U.S.ofA., the Military Culture seems to be kept at arms length from the rest of us, which is not a good thing. I mean, even War Movies these days are about one or two "Top Gunnish" or "Rambo-ish" heroes, not whole armies. But it may be different in the UK, or is the magazine for an international audience? If so, that makes that kind of topic even tougher. Yes, I am being NO help whatsoever.

it'seven worse, wendell - it's for the UK!!

wendell, how much should I be charging?