Naming Names…

…and taking no prisoners!

I have to hand it to Kathy Kehrli the Pennsylvania writer behind the Screw You! blog. On the surface, the name of the blog could put you off, but if you take the time to read it much of what Kathy writes strikes a responsive chord especially with those of us who write for a living.

Kathy has detailed in her blog the troubles she has had with getting one or more clients to pay up. While some people may be hesitant to not mention names, Kathy actually does the rest of us a big favor by naming those names. Clearly, if you are more than 90 days late on your payments and you are giving no indication of ever making good on your deal, then you can and should expect that members of the writing community will want to know about your unprofessionalism.

I hope Kathy does get these people to pay up. I won’t repeat the name she has mentioned but I encourage you to read her post for all of the sordid details surrounding her unpaid project.

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Opening the Floodgates

Today, I have been spending part of my time updating all 7 blogs that I manage mostly because 4 of them I have been neglecting for some time and they have begun to look a little bit abandoned. Why has this happened? Let’s just say that a real need to work on some project proposals has been trumping everything lately.

Thank God, as I am now lining up work that should carry me through for the next several weeks, perhaps months if one of my new clients decides to use me more frequently. I would say that the summer doldrums have finally given way to autumn’s steady pace of life and work.

Just in time too because as the colors of the leaves are beginning to change so must I do likewise in order to adapt to fresh projects and new clients.

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