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An Underground Replay: “Pay The Damned Writer”

I first published this video in November, 2007, and because it’s more timely than ever, thought I’d run the video again.
Sure, Harlan Ellison is an abrasive pain in the ass, but he’s repeatedly put his money where his sizable mouth is when it came to protecting the rights of writers and content creators.
In a time [...]

Posted 12 June 2009 † Tom Chandler § Business of Freelancing § The Best Of the Underground § Underground Entertainment ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged:

Pay The Damned Writer (A “Getting What Your Worth” Primer With Harlan Ellison)

Done any free work lately? Or seen that work used in multiple places — without ever receiving a dime for the additional uses?
The never-demur Harlan Ellison — a successful, outspoken and abrasive writer — tells it like it is in this short interview. Great stuff — I would have laughed more if so much of [...]

Posted 21 November 2007 † Tom Chandler § Business of Freelancing § Writing ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,