Friday, January 14, 2005

Caution When Applying

This ad, which appeared in yesterday’s edition of Freelance Daily….

Press release, speech, business writing
Looking for a person to write press releases, speeches, some business writing and work PR. Willing to negotiate contract. Potential $5-10k a year. help@ohthatsrich.net
(Posted 1/12/05)

…is suspect. A reader who applied did some research and found this thread that indicates some writers who worked for them in the past have had trouble getting paid:

http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?p=11953&sid=033fa886dbb76b70b2cb61958632bc61

My apologies to anyone who applied if it is a waste of time, or to the advertiser if they’ve resolved those problems and are now paying people they way they deserve to be paid.

- DC