Also: Tips for how to dump ’em! When you’ve been freelancing as long as I have (20+ years and counting!), you hear a lot of stories about lousy clients. Clients who never pay on time, who demand attention at all hours of the day and on weekends, clients who’re borderline abusive, and clients who blur […]
Money and Business
3 Ways That Low-Paying Assignment Could Be A Good Deal
Instead of judging an assignment at face value, calculate the hourly rate instead. To determine how much time I spend on each assignment, especially low-paying assignments, I started tracking my time last year. The results were shocking. That low-paying assignment for $350 that I take on four times a year because I like the topic […]
In A Freelance Writing Crisis? Here’s How To Deal With It
The common ways a freelance crisis will show up in your career, and how to bid adieu to it quickly. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a new freelancer in search of your first clip or a professional writer who’s been feeding her family through her work for a decade. At some point, you’ll face a […]
Writer Beware: Why To Never Sell All Rights To Your Work
You can’t change what you’ve signed already, but here’s how to make sure you’re protected going forward. I’ve never met a writer who wanted to sell all rights to their work. Sometimes we feel we have no choice if we want a paycheck. But equally often, we don’t fight hard enough to keep our rights, […]
Is Syndication Still A Good Business Model For Freelancers?
Why syndication is a waste of time for freelance writers and journalists today. Last week, I posted about Conde Nast’s decision to start making movies from previously published articles and how this would affect writers. I started chatting with a friend about syndication, and how it’s now a dead end for most freelance writers. We […]