The Copywriter Underground

Freelance designers are interesting people. I’ve worked with plenty - enough to know that when you find one who “gets it,” you hold on tight.
Sadly, if they really do “get it,” they’ve got a bullseye on their back for the next smart design firm that’s hiring.
Still, they face the same client issues freelance writers [...]

From the moleskinerie blog comes news of what has to be the ultimate writer’s office (especially for short-copy assignments):

“The team of researchers and designers based in London and at the Technical University in Munich developed the m-ch as an answer to an increasing demand for short stay living for students, business people, sports and leisure [...]

What Michael Stelzner did for writing blogs has now been done for writing books. On his Writing White Papers site, Michael’s just released the recently voted-upon list of the Top 10 Books for writers: 
On Writing - Important lessons and truths for any writer. By Stephen King.
The Elements of Style - THE reference for language use in a [...]

Most clients accept a copywriter’s proposals without problem, but a few clients want to negotiate.
When I was starting out, some clients - knowing I was new - negotiated hard, and got me cheap. Others negotiated more work than they paid for.
Most distressing was the fact that I didn’t know what was happening.
I was losing the [...]