Thank you all for your birthday wishes. It was a lovely day punctuated by calls from family and time spent with family nearby. That and some peaceful moments -it’s all I wanted. Despite my best intentions, I did not take yesterday off. I tried. Really. But I sat on the swing writing in my journal…
Tag: fees
Hourly or Not?
I make my living writing, but I should get paid for talking. I do a lot of it. One freelance friend and I commiserate regularly (yes, that’s the right word) on the ills that befall the profession. We also chat up ideas and tips, including this most recent one – don’t quote an hourly rate….
Worthy Tip: Stand Up
Welcome to Friday. If you’re like me, you look forward to weekends during the busy times especially. Today I’m floating on the remnants of the wonder-drug codeine and its counterpart penicillin. I’ll kill this sinus infection or myself. Either way, I’ll not be sick much longer. Today’s worthy tip: When dealing with client negotiations this…
Spinning Wheels Require a Slip Differential
Monday was exactly as busy as I expected it to be. I had a call to Belgium in the morning. Lovely person on the other end of the phone and hopefully the project I’m doing for him will net him the results he hopes for. Two other calls. The first one missed the scheduled appointment…
Too Busy? Charge More
It’s been a busy month for me – busy to the point where I’ve ignored my workouts, haven’t read books, and glance through magazines in passing. My husband said, “Time to raise the rates.” He’s right. When the work is coming in faster than a writer can handle it, that’s an indication the price is…
Perks Are More Than Just Coffee
Working off Paula Hendrickson’s post yesterday, I want ask: when you left that 9-to-5 or opted to leap straight from school into freelancing, how well did you weigh that decision? If you were leaving a full-time job, you probably spent more time considering the things you’d lose – 401(k), paid vacations, paid health care, paid…
The Good Old Days?
Remember when you first started freelancing, when 10 cents a word was the first offer of payment, when writing something for the local newspaper meant an extra 20 bucks in your pocket? It’s too bad that here you are, years, decades later, making the exact same amount. Writer Paula Hendrickson penned an article 11 years…
Can We Charge for It?
On Twitter the other day a fellow writer was lamenting how she’d spent quality time putting together a proposal for a client she suspected had no money. Turns out she was right. She wondered out loud (in Twitter Land) if there was something to be done so that she could stop spinning her wheels and…