Stick a Fork in Me – I’m DoneThe steam is subsiding on the client problem of yesterday. While I’m still highly ticked, I’m going to get beyond it. If I think about it, it’ll just start the anger up all over again. So what can we learn from this experience? I trusted him to a…
Tag: client advice
Fool Me Once
Okay, I’m officially pissed. I started working with someone a short while ago on an alleged charitable project. I volunteered my time, which turns out to be a good thing. This “client”, I just find out from some strenuous digging, has an arrest record and more than a few brushes with the law. I posted…
When It’s Over
With Apologies to Sugar RayThere comes a time in any client-writer relationship when it’s time to say goodbye. In the best scenario, that’s when the project is completed and you both go about your business with hope that there will be future projects. In the worst scenario, that’s when you two have hit a roadblock…
Genre Shm-enreTess Gerritsen wrote an interesting post on her blog this week after she received a scathing letter from a reader. One of Tess’ books was reprinted and this reader was pissed because she didn’t like it compared to Tess’ current work. Here’s what I don’t get – this “fan”, who has no idea what…
Tommy, Can You Hear Me?In a conversation with sales guru Todd Cohen, he stressed to me the importance of not just listening to clients, but really hearing them. It got me thinking about the ways we interact with our clients. We listen to what they want, but do we hear how it is they want…
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…
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…