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Re: aGWL rticle length/pay

This is the key to deciding about the renumeration for everything we do, I think:

"The upside of that paper was that I had a picture and a by-line. Small 
notoriety brought in a few other jobs. I rationalized that they were paying me to advertise myself at excellent rates."

What are the returns for this job? Good pay? Publicity for a book or other project? Helping a nonprofit that we believe in? 

It doesn't have to be money, but there should be a good reward. 

Judy Lowe

http://twitter.com/JudyDigginit



> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:51:00 -0400
> From: "Dan Clost" <dan.clost@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
>     <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Article length/pay
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> Once, in just a titch over 200 columns has my current
> editor asked me to 
> shorten a piece. I did, willingly. I appreciated the reason
> he gave me- sold 
> an ad, Dan- and the fact that I was afforded the
> opportunity to do so. (Mind 
> you, I'm also cognizant that by sending it back to me with
> a 16-column inch 
> limit, he saved himself a bit of work. Then again, he could
> have reached out 
> to the wire and reeled in a perfect length piece.)
> Twice in just over 200 columns have I asked to exceed my
> agreed upon word 
> count significantly (by about 400 words) in order to cover
> a topic in one 
> publication. They did, without hesitation. Both articles
> were about 
> attracting young people into horticulture as
> professionals.
> I am very happy where I am now.
> 
> With a previous chain, my column was edited by earnest
> young people who had 
> spellcheckers for assistance. Sometimes when they ran out
> of space they just 
> stopped in mid-sente...........
> The upside of that paper was that I had a picture and a
> by-line. Small 
> notoriety brought in a few other jobs. I rationalized that
> they were paying 
> me to advertise myself at excellent rates.
> 
> Dan
> The Good Earth Columnist
> Dan Clost's Greenscapes 
> 



      
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