Dominance and Submissions

Let's say you've labored long in the fields of creative writing and the People Who Know (or maybe just the people who've noticed) have appreciated your talent.  Some have appreciated it loudly and publicly, some quietly to friends in ways that eventually come back to you, some through amazing feats of jealousy, and others through… Continue reading Dominance and Submissions

Freelancing Ain’t All Wine and Roses

My recent hiatus from freelance writing culminated in an existential crisis that I now think was actually about money.  It’s interesting how money—getting it, keeping it, losing it, worrying about it, hating it, enduring its fraught passage through our lives—often seems to be the underlying rule and mean in situations we first thought were about… Continue reading Freelancing Ain’t All Wine and Roses

The Ancient Art of Writing for Money

20 thoughts on what it takes and how to do it. 1. Nobody owes you time, money, or sympathy. Editors have hard jobs and need to balance a lot of concerns that writers don't. If an editor or some other client is spending time on you, take it as a compliment. This is true for… Continue reading The Ancient Art of Writing for Money