The Art of Freelancing

Article in Statecollege.com by, um..someone discusses 'the art of freelancing' questioning the worth of your words.

"The great irony is book writing. People I know who refuse to write for less than $2 a word will spend hours each week writing a novel or researching a non-fiction book....Article writing makes money. Book writing is for fun. At least for me."

Two questions - Would you write for $1.99 a word? And have you read this article?

In other news, Web Worker Daily asks whether telecommuters are more vulnerable? "Is navigating change more difficult for the far-flung versus traditional on-site workers? What changes has your web work arrangement weathered, and how would you say your career has flourished (or not) since that disruptive element was introduced?"

For a site which caters to telecommuters, these guys seem to be overly insecure. Besides, it would be a mistake to lump all telecommuters into the same bracket. There are indispensable freelancers and then there are guys doing ( or trying to do ) the exact same job, and their contracts get flushed faster than toilet paper.