Thanks to everyone who commented on Friday’s post regarding Elance. Thanks especially to Kathy and Jennifer for hauling out figures and giving us a very clear picture of what they pay in current fees versus the work they bring in. I’m grateful to you both for letting others see your own experiences. This discussion has…
Author: lwidmer
Paying for Work
There are two great discussions going on over the recent changes in service to ELance – one at Kathy Kerhli’s site and the other over at Jennifer’s Catalyst Blogger site. Both are great discussions on the state of job sites and how the ELance changes will affect you. What’s more, ELance’s Lorenzo Mellon-Reyes pipes in…
Nano Rising
The word count for the Nano contest now stands at 6,184. I know why now. I tend to edit in my head before I type. It’s great if I’m writing for a client, but it causes me no end of grief in the fiction world. Oh well. Slow and steady. I may not finish in…
Job Listings – November 13, 2007
Carrie Bradshaw Lied: She Couldn’t Afford Manhattan Let Alone Manolos It’s a mystery – how do people in movies and on t.v. survive on the jobs they never go to? Look at Carrie Bradshaw. She wrote a column. A column. Do you have any idea what writers are paid for columns that aren’t syndicated (and…
Work is What Happens
When You’re Busy Making Other Plans…I apologize profusely. Normally, I’m here almost daily. For me to let this much time pass between posts is just wrong. The reason? Work. Yes, that four-letter word once again foiled my plan to do what I’d rather be doing. It’s why my count on the Nano contest is so…
Buddy-less in Cyberspace
I have no buddies. It’s true – not a one. Since joining the National Novel Writing Month contest, I’ve managed to link up to a few familiar faces, but as of this writing, no one has found me …. or maybe they have and don’t want to be buddies…oh, it’s like fourth grade all over…
Job Listings – November 6, 2007
Why I Love Magazines As I sit here busting my tail at a gig that pays okay, but not great, I only have to think back to last week. For last week, I did what most writers dream of doing – I wrote, handed in the assignment and collected a very nice wage. See, I…
When You Get Paid, We Get Paid
Remember the above mantra – it is part of a movement that will undoubtedly affect your future compensation. The striking members of the Writer’s Guild, whose work appears in various media venues, are using the mantra to define very succinctly what they’re striking over – compensation schedules that award them for their work appearing in…
A Silver Heart
Cool Writers, Cool Ideas Series Mark Silver’s been around a while. I’ve been receiving his emails for about a year and a half, and each one is an inspiration. Mark teaches us – all of us – how to improve our businesses, but also how to do so while improving our communities and our well-being….
How to Know You Need a Bigger Shovel
OrSpotting the Bad Job Listings Sometimes, they just make it easy for you. There’s the ad that offers you a whopping $4 an article or the one that will pay you $200 to edit a 50,000-word book. But sometimes the lousy job listings aren’t so easy to spot. Unless, that is, you speak bullsh$t and…