Job ListingsMarking Time for MoneyHow long have you waited to get paid? Revisiting my invoicing post yesterday for just a moment, one writer responded she’d been waiting a year for a publication to publish her piece. And naturally, they pay on publication. Nothing upsets me more than to hear of writers having to mark time…
Bringing Home the Bacon It’s not enough to actually earn a living at freelancing. If you’ve been in this business for a while, you understand that not every client is forthcoming with the amount due. Sometimes, and I hope for your sake it’s not often, one or two will fail to pay after a few…
Latte? What’s That? As promised, I’m presenting the other side of the freelance world – the side where work is uppermost and lattes are things we hear about but haven’t experienced for ourselves. Today’s freelancer is Kathy Kehrli, who walks us through her typical day. Kathy’s been hard-core freelancing for a number of years, and…
Freelance Gigs – Tuesday, April 3rdAnd a Vent Funny how my vent days seem to be coming on a somewhat regular schedule. This one is justified – again today I read an article by a completely clueless person (too strong? Too bad – it’s true) as to how we freelancers spend our days. This article…
Successful Work Habits I’m beginning to believe that memes are no more than great articles in the making if we respond with the thought that what we say may help someone. When Mike Sieber tagged me, I went over to his site to see what the devil I had to write about now. I was…
Working Well with Clients It’s a good day here at Words on the Page – I am excited to present an interview with Lisa Gates, an expert coach who offers fantastic advice over at her weblog, Design Your Writing Life! Today, Lisa explains the working relationship between writers and clients. What can we do when…
Psyche!Lisa Gates mentioned a freelance writer who gets in her car, backs out of her driveway and pulls right back in. It’s her way of getting “psychologically ready” for work. How much trouble do you have getting psyched for work? Yes, you have the desk, the equipment, the time and maybe even the clients. But…
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Teach Your Children WellI’m excited – my daughter’s journalism class has invited me to talk with them tomorrow. The teacher wants me to tell them what a journalist’s life is like. It should be fun, despite the hour (7:30? Do people dress that early?). One thing I have to address is deadlines. In fact, if…
When There Isn’t A ClueA recent editorial in the local newspaper featured a new freelancer going on about how much she was enjoying what she called “the latte life” – sitting in cafes and being a writer. She painted such a lovely picture of what freelance writers do all day that I wanted to be…