Comments on: Eventually, They Get It https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html a freelance writing resource. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4084 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:56:38 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4084 LOL! I know that term! (what's that say about me?)

]]> By: Lisa Gates https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4077 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:47:33 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4077 I'm in for the long haul. And I want to read the galleys (as the old farts say).

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4070 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:16:05 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4070 Oh girl, I could never coach the way you do! I'm impressed to my bone marrow with your talent. 🙂

You may not realize it, but you're my accountability partner. 😉

]]> By: Lisa Gates https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4065 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:02:22 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4065 Lori, you're damn right you promised me. I haven't forgotten. AND I'M SMILING ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS THAT YOU'RE DOING NANO!

What you provide to your readers here is undoubtedly the kind of attention, clarity and professionalism you offer your clients. You deserve everything you ask for, and you're really good at asking.

I think YOU should be the coach.

🙂

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4060 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:38:51 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4060 I saw you clicking off the word count, Katharine! Way to go! 🙂 I wouldn't worry about the blog – it'll come when you're ready. There have been times I've neglected my blogs for other things.

Amie, I figured you would. You had similar ones, didn't you?

]]> By: Amie https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4057 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:59 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4057 Lori–I know the feeling of dread of which you speak, and I congratulate you on doing something to fix the situation.

]]> By: Katharine Swan https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4056 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:52:53 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4056 Wait a sec — that's not true, that I don't know where I'm getting the extra time. Blogging is where I'm getting it, as you may have realized if you've visited my blogs recently. ;o)

]]> By: Katharine Swan https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4055 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:52:01 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4055 I'm in the same place you are right now, Lori — burning it at both ends, I mean. I'm also doing NaNoWriMo on top of my client work, and all without sacrificing any of my horse time. Where I think I'll get all the extra time, I don't know!

By the way, I'm also using NaNo as incentive to finish a fiction project I started earlier this year. I had 3,721 words before November first, so I just am subtracting that from the amount I report to the NaNo website. That way I don't benefit from "cheating," other than (hopefully) finishing the novel. :o)

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4054 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:44:19 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4054 Wendy, I'm glad. :)) I like chatting more than anything. Careful what you wish for…. Hope your son feels better soon.

Chantal, I like your new blog! Did you see my comment there? I put you in the feed, too.

Kathy, sorry to hear Dad's still not doing so well. And WOW! You're doing both in the same month? I'm impressed!

Good for you, Paula. I suspect the same will happen here. I'm nursing it through the holidays, then all bets are off.

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html#comment-4053 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:19 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/eventually-they-get-i.html/#comment-4053 I'm always glad to hear when the light bulb clicks on for a client, and they begin to realize the value of the writers they're depending on.

I had to drop two clients a long time ago. It was difficult, since I was in the worst, and longest lull I've ever had. (In retrospect, I wonder if my sheer desperation for assignments was coming out in the endless queries and LOIs I was sending out.) But when one editor – of a high-end business newsletter that had been paying 50-cents a word – tried to assign me a 600-word-or-less article at 10-cents a word, and demanded I include at least 12 of the sources she'd provided, I said, "Sorry. Even at $1 a word that would be an impossible task. A mere $60 is not worth the time, effort, and stress of trying to meet your requirements. Why not try to do it yourself?"

The other time I've mentioned before – when the magazine took 11 months to pay me for an article. It was so hard to sever ties with a place where I'd been earning the bulk of my income, especially in such a lean year. But as soon as I quit, things started turning around. It wasn't easy for the first couple months. (You know the proverbial six months worth of savings? It's never enough.)

There's something empowering about standing up for your needs and being the one to step away. Perhaps that's what really makes the difference.

As for what's new…I have two fun assignments to work on. Thankfully I have until year's end to work on them, since one is creating a time-line for a long-running series that tends to have time jumps. I don't think a chronological time-line is possible when some season five events happened prior to season one. This will be a challenge, but a fun one!

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