Eldon Sartel over at Wordpreneur got my attention with this headline: Freelance Writing Isn’t the Only Way to Make Money Writing
Although I’m not sure I agree that freelancing always means working for clients, I take his point as he publishes an article by Lindsay Buroker called Forget Freelance Writing Jobs, Build Financial Independence Writing for Yourself. That sounds like residual income to me, and sure enough it is.
So I chased down the article’s author and found a blog called Writing For Your Wealth! First of all, why didn’t I think of that? Sigh.
This is one I’m subscribing to and I’m …read more

Lori Widmer rants nicely and accurately about the people who want to hire freelance writers on the basis of royalties only. I’m definitely in her camp. I won’t accept a royalty contract only. In fact a current client just suggested I do his second book for 50%. I explained I can’t afford to work for free; he was gracious and we negotiated pay for me.
I have on occasion reduced my rate to get a piece of the action, and you know what? I’ve never won. So my rule now is, no, I won’t reduce my fee unless you’ve got a …read more