Comments on: https://wordsonpageblog.com/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html a freelance writing resource. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html#comment-331 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:08:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html/#comment-331 David, I think you’re right. In many cases, our problems boil down to a mismatch in communication styles.

But then there are those times when it’s clearly a lack of professional behavior on the part of the client. Thankfully, that’s rare.

]]> By: David Geer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html#comment-330 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:51:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html/#comment-330 I know a few editors that are awesome. But, I think how awesome they are depends on how awesome they think you are.

In most cases, we went to work together knowing I was getting more elsewhere, and that they should probably keep me happy to keep me working for them.

I’d like to help by naming names, but that would be like posting an ad that says they need writers without their permission.

And, as one might suspect, as nice as they are, they are seldom without writers.

PS-I tried a collection agency once and got no where.

My advice? “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure.”

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html#comment-329 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:49:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html/#comment-329 Very good question, Alicia. I’ve often wondered the same thing (today, as well).

]]> By: alicia https://wordsonpageblog.com/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html#comment-328 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:38:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html/#comment-328 This makes me wonder – for the second time this afternoon – why publishers/clients/etc. expect the utmost speedy and professional service from us, while we’re very often left wondering about publishing, payment, etc.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html#comment-327 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:25:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html/#comment-327 Take him then, Leigh. You’ll get a judgment if you can show regular attempts to collect. That’s not saying he’ll pay, but a judgment doesn’t expire. Eventually, it will come.

]]> By: A Wealth of Words https://wordsonpageblog.com/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html#comment-326 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:30:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2007/04/job-listings-how-long-have-you-waited.html/#comment-326 I’ve been waiting 71 days for payment for some advertising copy I wrote for a marketing firm.

I’ve sent payment requests, copies of invoices, notice of impending late fees, and I’ve even used your “please pay to avoid litigation” line.

I even reported the company to Writer’s Weekly. When Angela contacted the company owner to get his side of the story, he simply said “Sorry, we don’t discuss vendors we have a problem with with 3rd parties.”

The only way I am going to get paid, I think, is if I take him to small claims court.

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