Pop quiz for you: If you’re in the middle of a client negotiations and the client counters your price with a request to put something together quickly for them while ignoring all mention of your price, what do you do? Answer: Nothing. The hard fact is that until you have a contract, you have no…
Author: lwidmer
Triskaidekaphobia and Other Big Ideas
This is a mish-mash sort of post. Just consider it my random brain dump – perfect for a Friday! Happy Friday the 13th. If you’re like me and oddly fascinated by all things superstitious, this is your day. I’m more of the morbid-curiosity type. I’m not superstitious, but I find it interesting to see where…
Worthy Tip – Ask for More
So how did you do on last week’s worth-enhancing exercises? I know some of you complained (too bad, Paula!), but if you took the time to do one of those things, I’d love to hear about it. This week, let’s mix it up a bit. Some of you may find it hard to say no…
Eventually, They Get It
Today’s not a how-to advice-y kind of day. It’s a chat day. I’ve been burning it at both ends this week (thank you, NanoWriMo for sucking up my time). I have nothing left in me. This is what you get. If you don’t like it, move along. I’ll be back to normal soon. Got an…
How-to Marketing Tips Revisited
Partly because Avid Writer Kimberly Ben mentioned on her blog that established writers are long on advice on what not to do and short on how to get a respectable career going, I decided to reach into the archives here and remind new visitors that there’s a better way to build a credible writing rep….
Why I Blog (and why you should, too)
An interesting tweet appeared on Twitter last week. It was a Technorati survey that indicated a full 75 percent of us self-employed folks believe that we have greater visibility in our industries because of our blogs. Mind you, that’s the perception. Reality? Seems to hold true. The survey revealed that bloggers have seen 68 percent…
Taking Time Off
October was a wildly busy month and November is shaping up into the same. The exhaustion I’m used to on Friday afternoon is occurring on Tuesday now. Time for a break. While I’m off today putting a chunk of copy down on my National Novel Writing Month entry, I thought I’d share a new favorite…
Building Worth One Day at a Time
Those of you who have been with me for a while know that I’m passionate about writers valuing their talents appropriately – hence Writers Worth Day, my mid-May mini-fest to remind the writing world that we too deserve decent wages. But talk on several forums I frequent have turned to education of our peers. For…
When to Walk Away
I had a nice email conversation with a blog regular the other day. She was relaying her frustration with bidding a large job. In giving all the details, it sounded like a pickle until she typed this line: “Any per-page rate I try to quote blows their budget away because of volume.” Up to that…
Why Content Mills Have That Reputation
Not to open Pandora’s box again, but my better half came across an interesting post that speaks directly to why content mills have a less-than-stellar reputation. He frequents a Scottish forum, and one of the forum members was livid recently. It seems her published book was plagiarized. The alleged thief posted a good portion of…