There’s an entire industry of people online now who making a living out of subcontracting writing work out to other writers – often for far less than they’re being paid by their client. I have nothing against hiring ghostwriters, nor against ghostwriting. However, I do have a problem with someone taking a “job” for $500, and paying another writer $5 to do it.
Readers respond to our announcement last week.
Talking about both time and money is difficult for many writers and other artists. The difficulty is not one that only newbies face.
You’ve given warnings in your newsletter about writing for companies that require “test” articles. I received the following email from (a website). I sent a six-page pubs list of links to numerous published articles and manuscripts, so I know they know my writing style. Then they sent me an email mentioning test articles. A red flag went up inside me; but then again, this may be a legitimate request on their part. I haven’t come across this before, and though the pay isn’t great, I’m retired and I have no desire to get burned.
My question is: Have you come across this company and do you have anything positive or negative to say about them? Any other advice about dealing with them or others like them?
My career as a writer followed a predictable path. I began writing for local magazines “for fun”, did a stint as a stringer at my local newspaper, then began moving up the writing chain to larger markets, and more well-known publications. I was willing to try any kind of writing
On Sunday, I checked the weather and it looked like we were only going to get sporadic snow showers for the next 10 days. I told Richard, “Good news! No snowstorms are expected before we leave on our trip!”
On Monday morning, we woke up and it was snowing pretty hard.
We suspected Amazon would want to settle before discovery began and we were right.
We announced the Amazon Settlement to our BookLocker authors this morning. Here are just a few of their responses.
There are many differences between successful and unsuccessful freelance writers that have nothing to do with their relative abilities to write. One of the most important is how well they manage the critical business functions that are essential to surviving in the writing game.
I saw an ad online for a company claiming to give authors a “great opportunity.” They’re hiring people to write textbooks. Have you heard of these guys?
