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7 Money-Management Tips for Freelance Writers
Posted by: Evan Tice By Carol Tice In case anybody missed it, I was the subject of vilification on WAHM.com last week for daring to mention Demand Studios’ recent disclosure that it loses buckets of money. The discussion on WAHM turned into a long thread full of reasons people love writing for Demand. And the big one is that they pay so fast. Some posters said they write for mills because of the “enormous” amount of time it takes to get paid by magazines and corporations — up to six months! And also that they felt a lot of uncertainty about whether they would get paid or not — maybe they’d only get a “kill” fee if an article didn’t work out. I’d like to puncture these myths and say that it really doesn’t take forever to get paid from most of these types of clients. It’s also pretty rare to get stiffed, especially if you have a contract. It’s been a lot of years since I had an article killed, too — good communication with an editor...
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