Posted by Joan Reeves on Oct 16, 2009 in
Internet Success,
Pop Culture,
Writing Biz
The never ending controversy over the pay offered to freelance writers is often played out in forums and on subscription based writers’ email lists. I’ve been in the writing business a long time, and the one unchanging trend I’ve noticed is that writers’ compensation has steadily decreased in the last 20 years. This is true [...]
Tags: business of writing, demand studios, rules for writing, writers, writers mills, writers strike
Posted by Joan Reeves on Oct 15, 2009 in
Consumer Smarts,
Pop Culture,
Technology,
Writing Biz
Over this last year, I’ve noticed the growth in freelance writer job postings or Demand Studios. I’ve not written for them, but I’ve been interested in knowing more about them. However, reading their job listings left me with the uneasy feeling that they were just another writer mill designed to make writers grind out words [...]
Tags: angela hoy, demand studios, erik sherman, freelance writers, writers weekly, Writing