Working with a publisher? Got offered a job? Great! Before you agree to take the job, I highly recommend that before you sign anything or negotiate terms you ask your employer a few questions. Don’t be afraid to find out a little bit more about their business, sometimes you may decide that you don’t want […]
Month: June 2007
Freelance Writing Tip #26: Write like a Ghost
Frustrated you can’t find any assignments? Consider ghostwriting as an alternate source of income. You won’t get credit for what you write (unless you work that out beforehand), but you may be able to use the author as a reference. In these cases, payment is almost guaranteed because both your reputation as an author and […]
Freelance Writing Tip #25: Don’t Rely on Future Payments
The fastest way to get burned freelance writing is to spend upcoming payments or rely on them to bail you out of a tough spot. Just like you have to meet your deadlines; publishers should meet theirs. Unfortunately, since every business is structured differently, not every company pays when you expect them to. Some authors […]
Fun with Writing: Word Etymology
One of the things that I love to do with my horror fiction is play on old meanings of words with unique spellings, or try to hint about a character’s true nature by describing them carefully. Here’s where word etymology comes in. Take the word “demon” for example. In this word etymology dictionary, for example, […]
Announcement: Change to Blog Design
As you’ve probably already guessed, my primary goal for this blog is to bring content that is not only applicable to aspiring freelance writers, but relevant. There are some amazing freelance writing blogs out there (watch for a blog carnival to celebrate these other places), but what I don’t want is to have a blog […]