The HiccupsEven though I have ongoing work, I’m starting to get nervous. See, I just came off a whirlwind couple of months where I was chained to the keyboard finishing numerous projects. For the past two weeks (it seems like longer!), I’ve been relatively idle, with just two projects taking up my time. It’s given…
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Job Listings – June 12, 2007Two Really Good Years It’s been a really good two years. The best, in fact. Today is the anniversary of the day I was smart enough to marry the man whose car is parked in the other garage bay. 🙂 It’s been ten years since we first met (last week…
Ask and You Shall ReceiveIn a recent conversation with a writer friend, he was a bit taken aback by the contract terms sent to him by his latest client, which we’ll call Big Name Publication. He spelled out a few, which had to do with kill fees and reprint rights. He was concerned and didn’t…
Your Financial Picture Terrific blog post by Kristen King – it’s a must-read for every freelancer. Inkthinker: What Is Your Freelance Financial Picture?
Job Listings – June 4, 2007When the Customer is WrongI had a conversation with a writer friend this past week regarding one of her current clients. Her “editor” had made some friendly criticisms of her work – and from this chair, incorrect criticisms. That was disconcerting enough, but when he took her well-crafted sentences and…
I’m Pretty Sure I’m Right This Time
In a really strange conversation with an interview subject yesterday, the man I was talking to was dead wrong and I could prove it. But I chose not to. His pronunciation of my last name was waaaaay off the spelling of it, and when I corrected him, he said, “No, it says right here in…
Job Listings – May 29, 2007Newbies – One Key to Financial SuccessI’m busy – maybe as busy as I was last year at this time. But last year, as some of you may remember, was the year Lori nearly took (gasp!)a “real” job. Why? Because as busy as I was, I was busy on big,…
Playing Emotional Hardball Expanding on this week’s theme – difficulties with bad clients – I think it’s time we touched on what I think is the toughest speed bump to ignore – emotional hardball. That’s when you, the professional writer, follow your invoicing procedure up to and possibly including the threat of litigation only to…
Did I Just Step in Something? I love creative people, except when they think they’re being creative when in fact they’re being skanks. Just experienced an incident with one particular creative who owes me money. In fact, the check’s been absent since somewhere around January. I sent yet another invoice, this time with a late…
Job Listings – May 22, 2007Writer Bill of RightsI’m very glad to see this week’s topic has generated so many responses! I’m somewhat sad to see that I was getting lots of agreement – that we’ve all been victims of Clients Behaving Badly. For the most part, we have great relationships with our clients (I…