Unfortunately, the only Yahoo! beat I have right now is for the Olympics. I do as much as I can with the subject, especially articles about the history of the Games. Luckily, with the Winter Olympics in January 2014, I'll be able to transition soon to writing about them. I've tried repeatedly to get a baseball beat, but they don't have any openings.

I understand your point about the Roebling article. If I'd been paid more than a few dollars and had access to more sources on her life and work, I would've done as you suggest. I like the challenge of writing and the chance to learn more, but there's a limit on how much I'll do for virtually no compensation in the case of a history article.

Again, thanks for the comments and I look forward to learning more about Hubski.

Thanks for the comments. Both articles were done for Women's History Month earlier this year. They were promptly buried in Yahoo! Voices and I've been looking ever since for somewhere else to promote them and get some feedback. I prefer to write about history over sports, but it seems like simple sports articles make me some money, while the history ones generally get ignored.