One of the challenges with ghostwriting is timing projects in such a way that payment is more or less smooth. I try to set up monthly payments when I contract for a book, and that works, except when it doesn’t.
For example:
One of my contracts needs to be renegotiated because conditions changed. I won’t know […]
You just never know. In the midst of a whole bunch of un-fun stuff, including chasing a delayed payment, the phone rang. I found myself talking with two delightful gals about a book proposal.
Apparently they’d hired someone and were quite unsatisfied with the job. As we chatted it became obvious they wanted to know […]
How about this? According to Yahoo, copywriters are among the top 5 in terms of demand for 2007. The need seems to be driven by the large number of companies needing web content.
The article talks about salaries ranging from $63,000 to $92,500 annually, reflecting a 6% increase.
What does this mean for freelancers? If you write […]
I’m always encouraging writers to charge more. This reflects my own experience of not charging enough for my writing for years. It was a problem of self-worth, etc.
But in the beginning most of us had to charge less and perhaps even under-earn to get started. It’s better, at least when starting a freelance writing career, […]
Over in our forum someone talked about a client who asked for something extra. The client was a non-profit; the cause the writer supported and the extra would take only an hour or two. The writer wondered if it was okay to charge the client for those extra hours.
It’s so tempting to get sucked in […]
Okay, it may look like I’m writing, but I’m not, not really. I’m waiting until I drive to my oldest son’s house so I can travel with him, his wife and my two older grandkids to my younger son’s house. There we will have Christmas Eve with another daughter-in-law, my own daughter and her boyfriend […]
Sharlene Thomas, who has been a successful freelance writer since 1970 includes on her The PenmanShip.com site, a page on how freelance writers can figure their taxes.
While I certainly can’t comment on its accuracy, I do find the list she provides helpful for keeping track of legitimate expenses and the whole article for a basic […]
There’s this client… sort of a client. A couple of years ago he hired me to do regular blogging for a company which I did for about six months. Then suddenly I got an email from him saying somehow the contract had gotten screwed up, something he said he did, and my writing gig was […]
Ugh… this is one of those days when it feels like there isn’t a creative molecule anywhere in my being. My brain wants to go to the beach, or maybe it’s my soul.
My approach so far has been to try to get some pesky details out of the way, with small, but some progress.
Fortunately, these […]
I just had an email exchange with one of the clients I blog for. They are trying to figure out how to get more traffic. I’ve told them what I know and told them about Problogger. I also told them that until they know their traffic stats we’re operating in the dark.
“I’ll ask my staff,” […]
Making good money as a freelance writer
Written by Jenny Cromie [email] for b5media.
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