Oh, the client was asked. I would have, too. But they were saying the price was the price. That means the job is theirs, am I right? 😉

It wouldn’t leave any time, Paula. Agreed. If you’re working every day except weekends, you’ll be too tired to do anything.

Those meetings were where the preliminary work was happening, Gabriella. The writer was expected to interview execs for the book in those two weeks (why it couldn’t be done on Zoom is a mystery). There was no wiggle room. Oh, and if there was a delay on the corporate side, you know you’d be the one with the shortened deadline. As we always do.

While it would have been great, the time commitment (9-to-5 type days) and the stress of getting it done for crap wages would have killed any joy attached to going to Denmark.

Did the writer not counter because of the schedule?

I would salivate at that for the whole Denmark thing!–A place I want to visit!

I’d have countered at much higher, which they’d have probably taken because they were in a bind, also at a rate that included a good amount of revisions.

The only glitch then was the work for a regular client coming in. I get it. Regular client comes first. But I wonder if there was any prep work that could be done to still meet that regular client’s deadline or if there were a few weeks play in that regular client’s time frame?

Haha. I’d have WANTED to make this work, but you’re right–not at that price!

Great post, Lori!