Dude, Where’s My Cash?I’ve been pretty fortunate this year in collecting what’s due me. Usually, I’m paid within a month or two (and yes, that’s late) of invoice. These are regular clients, so it’s a bit more predictable. However, there’s always one. This particular one has a deliquent bill of six months. Honestly, I’d forgotten…
Lacking LusterI guess I’m just not star struck enough. I walked up to the movie set today to watch from the crowd, and while it was fun to see how these folks work, I wasn’t gaga. I wasn’t all oooo and ahhhh over the fact that the stars looked our direction or waved (Mark Wahlberg…
Creative PlagiarismI miss the old days – you know, when you knew what plagiarism looked like. You could identify it, label it, deal with it. Nowadays, plagiarism is veiled in a blanket of reworded content. Kathy Kerhli shows us one example of today’s rampant plagiarism and copyright infringement – wonder how a court would handle…
Excitement in Valley Forge Admit it – if a film crew was mere walking distance from your house, you’d blow off work to go see too, wouldn’t you? Naturally, I walked up and missed them, but my daughter gets credit for capturing Mark Wahlberg on film. Tomorrow’s mission – to get a good image of…
Genre Shm-enreTess Gerritsen wrote an interesting post on her blog this week after she received a scathing letter from a reader. One of Tess’ books was reprinted and this reader was pissed because she didn’t like it compared to Tess’ current work. Here’s what I don’t get – this “fan”, who has no idea what…
Tommy, Can You Hear Me?In a conversation with sales guru Todd Cohen, he stressed to me the importance of not just listening to clients, but really hearing them. It got me thinking about the ways we interact with our clients. We listen to what they want, but do we hear how it is they want…
Thievery and Protecting Your Work Deborah Ng had a disturbing experience – it seems her work appeared verbatim on not one, but a number of web sites. While one person gave her a nod, the others simply stole the work. Read her post on what to do if you’re ripped off. How can you prevent…
I’m Ready for My Close-up, Mr. ShymalanI live in a pretty nondescript area. True, I’m a mile from Valley Forge Park and our little town has just undergone an amazing transformation that’s got the streets packed and the stores moving in. But in general, it’s an old steel town that’s transformed into a pretty decent…
Hold Down the Fort, Would Ya?I’m definitely headed out of the country for the remainder of the week. I’ll be back sometime on Monday, folks. See you then!
Going AwayThere’s a good chance I’ll be out of the country tomorrow. There’s a better chance I won’t be. Either way, leaving means informing ongoing clients of my absence. Inevitably, it opens me up to the “Where the hell do you think you’re going?” sentiments. See, I once took time away. It was a vacation,…