* Leave a job and contact you from the next one – with assignments and higher per-word rate.
* Tell you they’re reining in freelance budgets due to the economy but are keeping you on their freelance short list.
* Reward one fast-turnaround assignment with two more – in as many weeks.
* Freelance for multiple publications and reject a pitch for one magazine but decide it’d be great for another.
* Understand times are tough and work out deals with their own bosses to assign you a set amount of work per month.
* Are working on a new publication launch and ask you to write the cover, if and when the time comes.
* Tell you to pick up the phone and call them if you have questions.
* Pick up the phone and call you if they have questions.
* Say they’ll write a recommendation for you on LinkedIn and write it the same day.
I love publishers that:
1. Say “send the invoice” when they accept a piece.
2. Pay quickly!!!!!
Great points, thanks!
Michelle
I love editors who…
1. Say, “We’ll trust your judgment on that,” and do.
2. E-mail to say, “Why haven’t you sent me any more ideas?”
3. Call their lawyers and accountants because you’re a foreign national and try to figure out ways to make the payment process easier for you.
Editors love writers who:
1)Meet deadlines
2)Turn in letter-perfect, fact-checked copy
3)Know the publication so well that they think of great,publication-specific ideas before the editor herself does
4)Follow the advice that Michelle gives here.