Archive for December 7th, 2009

On Lazy Writers

December 7, 2009
By Linda Formichelli
On Lazy Writers

Three weeks ago, a writer (let’s call him Jack) e-mailed me asking for the contact information of the editor at a magazine I wrote for. I told Jack that I no longer write for the magazine and that the editor had changed since I last worked for them — but that the magazine was...
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Want to get paid on time? Pay up.

December 7, 2009
By Linda Formichelli

Want to get paid in a timely manner? Apparently, some publishers are offering this “perk” — for a fee. You can wait 60 days or more to get paid, or you can forfeit a percentage of your earned fee to get paid quickly. I smell scam. What do you think?
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