Given what’s happening in the media business, freelancers can’t afford to cultivate an exclusive relationship with one newspaper or magazine. Actually, an exclusive relationship would be sweet – think of all those letters of introduction you’d avoid having to do and the time you’d save. But unless you’re under contract at The New Yorker – […]
A little something on the side
Is it just me, or does it seem like these days everybody’s got a job and a little something on the side? Here in Portland, examples are everywhere: A local PR guy moonlights as the Silicon Florist, chronicler of the city’s tech start up scene. A photographer is helping organize WordCamp Portland, the annual gathering […]
The reckoning
How bad are times for freelance writers? After calculating my expected earnings for the first half of 2009, my conclusion is: bad, but not as bad as it could be.
Guest post: Canadian freelancers form agency to negotiate fees, market their work
Today’s guest post is written by David Hayes, an award winning freelance writer living in Toronto. In addition to contributing articles, essays and reviews to publications such as Toronto Life, Reader’s Digest and The New York Times Magazine, Hayes has written or ghost-written five nonfiction books. He also teaches advanced feature writing in Ryerson’s G. […]
Why writers should blog: it’s not personal, it’s business
The house is a mess. The bills are overdue. I missed a deadline. I haven’t signed my son up for a single summer camp or planned the family’s summer vacation. I’ve been too busy blogging. For the past month I’ve posted here every day. 31 days, 31 blog posts – a couple more actually because […]
Writer games Examiner.com to make a point about content aggregators
A writer, we’ll call her “X,” was frustrated with what she felt was a lack of editorial oversight on Examiner.com, the Denver-based content aggregator. So she gamed the system. X, who has clips from big name publications like the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly and Sunset magazine, wrote a series of Examiner.com pieces that she […]