Comments on: Let’s kill the kill fee http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/27/lets-kill-the-kill-fee/ Living and loving the freelance life—on your own terms. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: DianaBurrell http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/27/lets-kill-the-kill-fee/comment-page-1/#comment-102352 DianaBurrell Tue, 27 May 2008 19:19:30 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=534#comment-102352 Star, something you said raises another good point. If writers aren't comfortable negotiating kill fees, they can negotiate what constitutes story acceptance. Contracts very often leave this vague -- so press your editor for something measurable. There's just no way I'd let an editor sit on a story, then tell me it's stale and try to wiggle out of paying the full fee. My "stale fee" is full fee. And my condolences, Star -- that just SUCKS. Star, something you said raises another good point. If writers aren’t comfortable negotiating kill fees, they can negotiate what constitutes story acceptance. Contracts very often leave this vague — so press your editor for something measurable. There’s just no way I’d let an editor sit on a story, then tell me it’s stale and try to wiggle out of paying the full fee. My “stale fee” is full fee.

And my condolences, Star — that just SUCKS.

]]> By: Star http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/05/27/lets-kill-the-kill-fee/comment-page-1/#comment-102342 Star Tue, 27 May 2008 18:20:45 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=534#comment-102342 Don't get me started. At first, kill fees sound fair, but in the last analysis they are a way out for the publication. I have had mags hold stories, then kill them because they are stale. Hideous! The worst is the ones who try to say they own the story for the kill fee. They try this! Seriously! I am not sure how much negotiation is possible...will see what others say. Don’t get me started. At first, kill fees sound fair, but in the last analysis they are a way out for the publication. I have had mags hold stories, then kill them because they are stale. Hideous! The worst is the ones who try to say they own the story for the kill fee. They try this! Seriously! I am not sure how much negotiation is possible…will see what others say.

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