You asked for it, so you meant "tie up," not "tee up!" :) About me, I've been freelancing articles for four years, and am now returning after a Sabbatical with a fresh and energetic mind! I LOVE writing travel articles, especially since I've started reading Bill Bryson. My quote would be 1 cent/word - I hate redundancies, the so called "fillers," and will gladly forfeit payment for grammatical or syntactical errors.
I am well versed with SEO - using Adwords, maintaining a proper keyword density, etc. And, boring is worse than wrong. :) Please see the PM!