Hold Down the Fort, Would Ya?I’m definitely headed out of the country for the remainder of the week. I’ll be back sometime on Monday, folks. See you then!
Month: August 2007
Going AwayThere’s a good chance I’ll be out of the country tomorrow. There’s a better chance I won’t be. Either way, leaving means informing ongoing clients of my absence. Inevitably, it opens me up to the “Where the hell do you think you’re going?” sentiments. See, I once took time away. It was a vacation,…
Another Official Rant Day
And this time, it’s aimed at writers. Writers – where’s your pride? I saw some job postings recently for those low-paying articles. This one in particular paid $15 an article. I wanted to see what kind of idiot would think we’d work for that kind of money, so I clicked on the link. The note…
The Royal(ty) Pain
I am not really a hard ass. Honest. I was approached recently by a potential client wanting me to write a book manuscript, only with my payout being some sort of royalty arrangement. I had to turn him down. Writing for royalties works in only a few cases – when you’ve hooked up with a…
File This Under Crazy
File This Under Crazy Writer chum Kathy Kerhli tells of a client who rejected her after she’d rejected him. You have to read it to believe it. Do you know of any other professional contract position in which the client dictates how the contractor’s billing is going to happen? Anyone? Yep. Just plain nuts.
The Jitters
The Jitters Got me a second chance with that there client who didn’t care for my second article. (Before you write, the bad grammar there was intended) My third article will be on a different topic (odd, as I was writing a series of three), and he wants to see bullet points. Funny about that…
Jobs for August 7, 2007
Job Listings – August 7, 2007 Bad JuJu Ever wake up after what you think is a great, productive day and find everything falling to bits in front of you? Welcome to my Tuesday. I hit one out of the park last week with a terrific article for a new client. The second article has…
Where’s the Rush?A freelancer friend was lamenting this the other day – he’d worked his tail off to get in what was labeled a rush job by the client, and then he waited. And waited. And is still waiting for word on the project status…. I hate this – these pseudo-rush jobs that have to…
The Top Ten Amen for memes! Not that I’m a huge meme fan, but it helps when you’re too busy to think hard enough to write something useful. Freelance chum Lillie Ammann asked me to list my ten of my favorite posts. I was going to start surfing, but she said it had to be…
Blog R.I.P.I’ve noticed a disturbing (more like frustrating) trend in blogs – you get used to reading one, you look forward to it, and it just fizzles out. What gives? I suspect it’s because we start them with Things to Say!, but we realize too soon we really don’t have all that much to talk…