I am pretty fed up with invoicing, too. I turned in a completd project two weeks ago … and the client still hasn’t paid the deposit! I let it slide this time because they’re a longstanding client, but that’s ridiculous.

I am thinking of changing my invoicing system with clients like these who have become increasingly slow paying. I may offer them 10% off for payment in full up front.

How hard is it to pay a freaking invoice? The amount doesn’t change. If there’s no job number on it, don’t send it back to me – put one on it! Jeez. I actually had one company that wouldn’t pay me unless I filled out THEIR invoice template. It was the same as mine, but it had pretty little columns. Give me a stinking break – if your accounting department isn’t able to process a simple piece of paper, your problem is not my invoice, you know?

When I was at the conference, one of the editors asked about payment issues, and I said it would be very helpful if the editor was upfront on how to handle invoicing situations. I have editors who don’t use them, editors who tell me to wait until they have a final word count, editors who say send the invoice with the article, etc.

Speaking of invoices . . . one of my editors just changed invoicing systems and it is a major PITA to send them along now. And I keep forgetting to send along the invoice because of it.

Thank you for your comment about the diet pills.I wonder why it took me time to get the pregnancy fats go,I guess they will never go…huhu.