Month: April 2007

How to Ask Last night, I had the pleasure of hearing a lecture delivered by Terry Gross, host of NPR radio’s Fresh Air. Terry is the consummate interviewer – she has spent the last 32 years talking with everyone from politicians and dignitaries to authors and entertainers. She’s also a wonderful lecturer – she entertained […]

Turning Down WorkWe all know to trust our guts, right? We understand that if the client’s needs and our abilities/focuses are not meshing, it’s okay to turn down the work. But where do you draw that line? Here are just a few examples of the times I’ve turned down work and why. It may help […]

The Deafening Silence There’s a disturbing trend in magazine writing these days – silence. There are rumblings from writers about the lack of communication of any form from our editorial counterparts. From ignored queries to equally ignored invoices, editors seem to have adopted this code of silence that has many a writer scratching his or […]

Bringing Home the Bacon It’s not enough to actually earn a living at freelancing. If you’ve been in this business for a while, you understand that not every client is forthcoming with the amount due. Sometimes, and I hope for your sake it’s not often, one or two will fail to pay after a few […]

Latte? What’s That? As promised, I’m presenting the other side of the freelance world – the side where work is uppermost and lattes are things we hear about but haven’t experienced for ourselves. Today’s freelancer is Kathy Kehrli, who walks us through her typical day. Kathy’s been hard-core freelancing for a number of years, and […]