This post is a full-on rant. Grab something to drink while a get a few things off my chest. The last month has been an eye-opener in a few ways. Our current stay-the-hell-home situation has exacerbated some of the things that before, when I had some modicum of patience, I was able to look at…
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The Raw Deals Just Keep on Coming….
There are days when it’s all I can do to keep from lunging at someone… I love when you guys send me links that either enlighten me or get my Irish up. This week, it’s the Irish. Blog regular and chum Hugh McBride sent this link to an article that details a company’s offer to…
Rate Debate: Do Real Writers Actually Buy Into Low Rates?
A spirited debate is taking place over at Michelle Rafter’s blog about content mills and rates. I urge you to visit and comment. Surprisingly, both camps have strong defenders. I think I’m now a huge fan of Michelle thanks to her no-nonsense look at the topic and her own thoughts, which echo mine. And naturally,…
A Word to the Cheapskates
Dear cheap startup, viral marketer, and any other “employer” wanting writing for nothing: I keep seeing your ads all over the Internet. And I hope your responses from actual writers are more of the “you must be joking” variety than people actually foolish enough to think you mean what you say. I’d like to bring…
A Carrie Bradshaw Wanna-be
It takes just one rerun of Sex and the City to get my blood boiling. Loved the show. Hated the message that a writer living in one of the most expensive cities in the country and writing ONE COLUMN in a freakin’ newspaper could afford $800 shoes, a Manhattan apartment, and be blessed with designer…
If You Don’t Want to Hear it, Don’t Ask
Writers are a strange lot. We live for a word of any sort from a potential (or current) client, and when we get it, we get huffy. Case in point – Deb Ng has a lively discussion going on over on her blog right now involving a potential employer who was kind enough to let…