It’s here! It’s here! At the risk of my having a “phone book moment” like Steve Martin in The Jerk, the long-awaited Second Annual Writers Worth Day is here! Today is our day, writers, editors, and freelance creatives of all sorts. Today is the day we as an industry proclaim to our peers and to onlookers that we deserve fair wages for our talents. Nay, we demand that of our peers, because for too long we’ve been dragged down by those willing to compromise their value in order to get a clip.
No more! You’re worth more than that – we as an industry are worth more than that. We care about your actions for a number of reasons – your career success depends on valuing yourself and your skills. Our careers depend on your turning down bad deals because each time you accept a lousy offer, you validate the existence of people who don’t value writing skills. We want to help you succeed. We want you to understand it’s okay to turn down a terrible deal. You don’t need 10 extra dollars – you need to set your career on the right course from the start.
As I mentioned on Monday, there are a number of bloggers and Twitter users who are supporting the cause by spreading the word. Thank you to one and all! I’m spreading the love right back to them by offering an Amazon gift card (drawn randomly using a number generator) for all who post any mention of Writers Worth Day on blogs, Twitter, etc.
Please visit these blogs and people, who have taken the time to give you some pointers on how to value yourself and your work.
Devon Ellington
Georganna Hancock
Wendy Harrison
Lillie Ammann
Susan Johnston
Chantal Panozzo
AVR (a.k.a. Ana)
Debbie Elicksen
Kate Baggott
Erika Dreifus
Leon Sterling
Dan Marvin
Katharine Swan
Diane Parkin
AnnaLisa Michalski
Tom Ellett
Joshua Scheer
Gillian Swart
Jesaka Long
Kathy Kehrli
Ruth O’Toole
Kirk Petersen
Damaria Senne
Anali – Lisa Johnson
Amanda Nicole
Lisa Gates
Paula
Kimberly Ben
Anne Wayman
Keely H.
And thanks to:
Gabriella F.
Eileen Coale
@drjeandenver
(By the way – as I find your posts and your notes to me, I put your link here in somewhat the same order it appeared. If you don’t see yours, nudge me!)
How can you spread the word today? As the folks above have done, here are ways to help get the word out:
– Blog posts
– Twitter tweets
– Facebook
– LinkedIn
– Email your friends
– Talk about it on forums
– Send my official press release to writer friends or trusted clients
– Promote it on your website
– Talk about it (loudly) at Starbucks
Through our efforts, our networks, and our gift of communication, we can help change the way writers view their worth, which will benefit us all.
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