http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2007/11/18/i-dare-you/ Living and loving the freelance life—on your own terms. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2007/11/18/i-dare-you/comment-page-1/#comment-65992 LindaFormichelli Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:11:28 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=373#comment-65992 Lenore, congrats on your success! It's super that you got more money just by asking. If editors can't change the contract, it's always worth asking for more money to compensate for the rights they want. Lenore, congrats on your success! It’s super that you got more money just by asking. If editors can’t change the contract, it’s always worth asking for more money to compensate for the rights they want.

]]> http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2007/11/18/i-dare-you/comment-page-1/#comment-65940 Lenore Hume Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:23:32 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=373#comment-65940 First of all, I love the Renegade Writer books. As a recent full time convert to freelance writing after 10 years of part time, they are my bibles! In response to your post on asking for a raise, I had a slightly different situation but equally rewarding for an increase in pay. I was offered a contract for a magazine I had never written for, five minutes after I sent in my query (yay! that is so rare!). But it was quite a limiting contract for my rights as a writer. Based on some 'renegade' advice, I asked for the 'other' contract. The editor responded right away and explained that although they were unable to change the contract, she would bump up my freelance pay. So even though I didn't get the contract I wanted, I got more money just by asking and huge exposure to readers with this high circulation magazine. It never hurts to ask! First of all, I love the Renegade Writer books. As a recent full time convert to freelance writing after 10 years of part time, they are my bibles! In response to your post on asking for a raise, I had a slightly different situation but equally rewarding for an increase in pay. I was offered a contract for a magazine I had never written for, five minutes after I sent in my query (yay! that is so rare!). But it was quite a limiting contract for my rights as a writer. Based on some ‘renegade’ advice, I asked for the ‘other’ contract. The editor responded right away and explained that although they were unable to change the contract, she would bump up my freelance pay. So even though I didn’t get the contract I wanted, I got more money just by asking and huge exposure to readers with this high circulation magazine. It never hurts to ask!

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