Jake, wow. She sounds like fun, eh? Too many of these people out there — if they find an errant comma, you're suddenly a lousy writer and not getting paid. That she was refusing because of something the designer introduced is even more ridiculous.

Paula, I've had one of those, too! He told me he "rounded down" payment and would pay for what he published only. So if I sent him 5K words and he used 500, guess who just wasted time?

One time, I had a web content client whose payment was late. When I contacted her, she said it was because "a friend" had found lots of errors. (She wouldn't tell me anything specific, just that there were mistakes.) After doing some Sherlock Holmesing, I figured out that the web designer had mucked things up when importing the copy. The client ended up paying, if grudgingly; I would not work for her again, at any price, if asked.