And Paula, your marketing is exactly why you DO stand a shot at getting a client like that.

Yes, that is a problem with periodicals. We can’t do much more than accept their rate or move on, I guess.

WOW. That tells me one of two things: 1) that’s an incredibly honest client who values her work, and 2) she was underpricing her work to begin with.

Good for her! We all need those kinds of clients!

A friend of mine had an executive she was interviewing for a trade publication ask how her freelance business was given the pandemic. She replied honestly, saying work had slowed. The executive asked her rate, said, “We can do better than that,” and had someone contact her the next business day. Working only 20-hours/week she said over the span of the six-month contract she stands to earn over $50K. PART TIME. I need a client like that to fall into my lap, too. But it won’t. That’s why I keep sending LOIs and marketing.

I don’t know how those people, who have the money, look at themselves in the mirror, Devon. The absurdity of wanting quality writing but refusing to pay for it is dumbfounding.

And that “grateful” BS would be met with “You should be thankful I don’t call you a cheapskate out loud. Oops!”