Comments on: Are you a phone-phobic freelancer? http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/20/are-you-a-phone-phobic-freelancer/ Living and loving the freelance life—on your own terms. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tyrean Martinson http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/20/are-you-a-phone-phobic-freelancer/comment-page-1/#comment-165195 Tyrean Martinson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:25:27 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=513#comment-165195 Thank you for this wonderful article, and your helpful advice. I am extremely phone phobic, and I nearly always have to script myself before I have a phone conversation with anyone other than a close family member. Otherwise, the conversation will run off course, or I will lose any of the ideas I had before the phone call. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one with this problem. Thanks. Thank you for this wonderful article, and your helpful advice. I am extremely phone phobic, and I nearly always have to script myself before I have a phone conversation with anyone other than a close family member. Otherwise, the conversation will run off course, or I will lose any of the ideas I had before the phone call. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one with this problem. Thanks.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/20/are-you-a-phone-phobic-freelancer/comment-page-1/#comment-156513 Nancy Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:17:18 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=513#comment-156513 LOL, thank you wordwych! It's good to know there's a hard-and-fast rule about this--and that I'd better follow. AND it's good to know the email protocol too, as I've seen this suggested as an alternative to an in-person or telephone interview. Many thanks for sharing your expertise!! Nancy LOL, thank you wordwych! It’s good to know there’s a hard-and-fast rule about this–and that I’d better follow. AND it’s good to know the email protocol too, as I’ve seen this suggested as an alternative to an in-person or telephone interview.

Many thanks for sharing your expertise!!

Nancy

]]> By: wordwych http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/20/are-you-a-phone-phobic-freelancer/comment-page-1/#comment-156443 wordwych Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:54:39 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=513#comment-156443 Nancy, the editor I work for most often would skin me alive and dine on my slow-roasted backside with fava beans and a nice Chianti if I quoted someone from a book and did not note that in the article. I don't know about other editors, but mine is very specific: Quotes come from live people, quotes from email are to be noted as such and prefaced or followed by, "X said in an e-mail," and anything that comes from a book or another publication/document is to be appropriately identified as having been taken from another publication/document. Nancy, the editor I work for most often would skin me alive and dine on my slow-roasted backside with fava beans and a nice Chianti if I quoted someone from a book and did not note that in the article.

I don’t know about other editors, but mine is very specific: Quotes come from live people, quotes from email are to be noted as such and prefaced or followed by, “X said in an e-mail,” and anything that comes from a book or another publication/document is to be appropriately identified as having been taken from another publication/document.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/20/are-you-a-phone-phobic-freelancer/comment-page-1/#comment-156372 Nancy Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:12:57 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=513#comment-156372 So i have a question for anyone with some experience under their belt--it looks like a lot of writers might SKIP phone interviews in favor of quoting from books. Am I right about this? I read a lot of articles with three quotes with three different "experts" who've all written books on the topic and I think, Did they actually interview all three of these experts--and then just use one quote!--or are they just quoting from their books, which are named in the article. Anyone have any thoughts/experience on this? Also, as a writer who's been forced to make lots of phone calls, I think the first-thing in the morning and group-em-together tips are the best! I discovered these myself and they made the work quite tolerable! : ) So i have a question for anyone with some experience under their belt–it looks like a lot of writers might SKIP phone interviews in favor of quoting from books. Am I right about this? I read a lot of articles with three quotes with three different “experts” who’ve all written books on the topic and I think, Did they actually interview all three of these experts–and then just use one quote!–or are they just quoting from their books, which are named in the article. Anyone have any thoughts/experience on this?

Also, as a writer who’s been forced to make lots of phone calls, I think the first-thing in the morning and group-em-together tips are the best! I discovered these myself and they made the work quite tolerable! : )

]]> By: Geek http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/20/are-you-a-phone-phobic-freelancer/comment-page-1/#comment-150204 Geek Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:51:11 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=513#comment-150204 Call sources on the fly. Hey this is a great tip! I'm waiting for an interview to come. I'll give this a try, maybe today if i can sum up the courage and breath... thanks! Call sources on the fly.
Hey this is a great tip! I’m waiting for an interview to come. I’ll give this a try, maybe today if i can sum up the courage and breath… thanks!

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