Maybe it was because it was late on Friday or maybe it was because I had more sugar/less sugar than I should have, but I sat in this chair at 5 pm doubting myself. Yes, even we cheerleaders (or wannabes – former wallflower here) get the blues. I can tell you how it began and…
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Lousy Job of the Week
Since our Irreverent Freelancer Kathy Kehrli is on temporary hiatus, I thought I’d help pick up some of the slack left in her absence. Kathy typically brings us The Ultimate Get-A-Clue Freelance Request weekly. In keeping with her theme, I bring you this week’s entrant for the Crappy Employer of the Minute Award: “(Guilty company)…
Job Listings – November 27, 2007
The Sound of Money Dripping Is anyone else finding the work drying up around them? I’m sitting here looking, yet nothing seems to be out there. There are a few nibbles, but again, thanks to the insane amount of competition (see this post and this post for that rant) no one’s taking the bait. Most…
Job Listings – November 20, 2007
Creating Your Niche Good chum Devon Ellington made a comment on yesterday’s blog entry stating she prefers to create a niche with a company she’s hoping to work for. How many of us even consider doing that? And why should you? Let’s look at it from a few different angles – is there a specific…
Job Listings – November 13, 2007
Carrie Bradshaw Lied: She Couldn’t Afford Manhattan Let Alone Manolos It’s a mystery – how do people in movies and on t.v. survive on the jobs they never go to? Look at Carrie Bradshaw. She wrote a column. A column. Do you have any idea what writers are paid for columns that aren’t syndicated (and…
Work is What Happens
When You’re Busy Making Other Plans…I apologize profusely. Normally, I’m here almost daily. For me to let this much time pass between posts is just wrong. The reason? Work. Yes, that four-letter word once again foiled my plan to do what I’d rather be doing. It’s why my count on the Nano contest is so…
Job Listings – November 6, 2007
Why I Love Magazines As I sit here busting my tail at a gig that pays okay, but not great, I only have to think back to last week. For last week, I did what most writers dream of doing – I wrote, handed in the assignment and collected a very nice wage. See, I…
When You Get Paid, We Get Paid
Remember the above mantra – it is part of a movement that will undoubtedly affect your future compensation. The striking members of the Writer’s Guild, whose work appears in various media venues, are using the mantra to define very succinctly what they’re striking over – compensation schedules that award them for their work appearing in…
How to Know You Need a Bigger Shovel
OrSpotting the Bad Job Listings Sometimes, they just make it easy for you. There’s the ad that offers you a whopping $4 an article or the one that will pay you $200 to edit a 50,000-word book. But sometimes the lousy job listings aren’t so easy to spot. Unless, that is, you speak bullsh$t and…
Job Listings – October 30,2007
Like the Rabbit in Alice’s Tale Yes, I’m late to the dance here today. Sorry. Too much going on this past week, including helping my oldest move to another state. You with small children cannot understand now (nor did I a few months ago) what it feels like when you see your kids leave. Yes,…