I’m thinking about money today.
It’s a necessary evil, this job of thinking about the money when all you want to do is do the writing and the reporting. I hate talking about money, which is why I sometimes agree to things that I KNOW are a bad idea.
Yesterday, I got a very low offer for a job, and I actually considered it (it’s a story I really want to write).
I eventually turned down the offer, but later, I thought about this. If I were an agent, would I even take that offer to my client? If my client had written for TIME and the New York Times, would I take that offer of $200 for a story that takes ten days and ask her to consider doing it? Would I e-mail any of my current journalist friends, even those just starting out, and ask them to do it? Wouldn’t I be embarrassed to even ask?
Why then do I consider the offer myself?
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