Comments on: Blame Carrie http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/ A silly slice of life from Dublin, Ireland. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:06:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Susan Johnston http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3956 Susan Johnston Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:22:13 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3956 True, true about judging by the market (not the cover, so to speak). It also depends on how much research is required and whether you're allowed to resell the piece. Those reprint fees can really add up, after all! True, true about judging by the market (not the cover, so to speak). It also depends on how much research is required and whether you’re allowed to resell the piece. Those reprint fees can really add up, after all!

]]> By: Novelist http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3950 Novelist Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:14:50 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3950 HAPPY NEW YEAR BETH! I hope you had a wonderful holiday. I love your new blog home!!! :) HAPPY NEW YEAR BETH! I hope you had a wonderful holiday. I love your new blog home!!! :)

]]> By: Beth http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3948 Beth Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:14:35 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3948 Susan - I know. Usually I like that SATC is sort of fairytale, but that one episode gets under my skin. I guess they had to explain her Manolo habit somehow! Liz - $4 - $25 per article is definitely the low end of the scale. Freelancing is totally different kind of work though, so a lot of times you have to judge a market on many different criteria, monetary compensation being only one of them. Sometimes it's fun, sometime's it frustrating! :) Susan – I know. Usually I like that SATC is sort of fairytale, but that one episode gets under my skin. I guess they had to explain her Manolo habit somehow!

Liz – $4 – $25 per article is definitely the low end of the scale. Freelancing is totally different kind of work though, so a lot of times you have to judge a market on many different criteria, monetary compensation being only one of them. Sometimes it’s fun, sometime’s it frustrating! :)

]]> By: Liz http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3947 Liz Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:06:11 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3947 A friend of mine writes for Martha Stewart and used to freelance for whatever magazine would take her and she actually called me laughing hysterically at the rate that Carrie gets in that episode. And everytime I see it now I wonder what the going rate actually is. Now I know! A friend of mine writes for Martha Stewart and used to freelance for whatever magazine would take her and she actually called me laughing hysterically at the rate that Carrie gets in that episode. And everytime I see it now I wonder what the going rate actually is. Now I know!

]]> By: Susan J. http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3946 Susan J. Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:26:24 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3946 Much as I love SATC, it's a topsy turvy world! I mean, how could any of them afford THAT many cosmopolitans in swanky Manhattan bars? And Carrie and her $500 Manolos - come on, she writes a relationship column for a second-rate newspaper! In reality, she would be living with two roommates in Brooklyn! Much as I love SATC, it’s a topsy turvy world! I mean, how could any of them afford THAT many cosmopolitans in swanky Manhattan bars? And Carrie and her $500 Manolos – come on, she writes a relationship column for a second-rate newspaper! In reality, she would be living with two roommates in Brooklyn!

]]> By: Beth http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3945 Beth Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:53:40 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3945 Conor - Shockingly, I also enjoy Northern Exposure! It comes on every Saturday over here. Now if they could only import China Beach and start playing reruns of Baywatch again. ;) Andrea - What else can you do? Not that I've given up my champagne wishes and caviar dreams quite yet... Conor – Shockingly, I also enjoy Northern Exposure! It comes on every Saturday over here. Now if they could only import China Beach and start playing reruns of Baywatch again. ;)

Andrea – What else can you do? Not that I’ve given up my champagne wishes and caviar dreams quite yet…

]]> By: Andrea http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3944 Andrea Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:46:21 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3944 Ha, I just rewatched that episode for like the 10th time, and she does manage to get them up to $4.50! I know, when I saw it the first time I laughed, this time I just shook my head. Ha, I just rewatched that episode for like the 10th time, and she does manage to get them up to $4.50! I know, when I saw it the first time I laughed, this time I just shook my head.

]]> By: conortje http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3943 conortje Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:46:53 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3943 That's a shocking price - keep looking I'm sure something great will pop up. I still haven't forgiven Carrie for letting lovely Aidan go (but mainly because I loved Chris from Northern Exposure) That’s a shocking price – keep looking I’m sure something great will pop up. I still haven’t forgiven Carrie for letting lovely Aidan go (but mainly because I loved Chris from Northern Exposure)

]]> By: Beth http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3942 Beth Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:27:00 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3942 Thanks guys! I should have made it more clear in the post - I would not work for the $4 "jobs" and something would have to be pretty special for $25. It's just depressing to have to wade through so much crap so much of the time! Yvonne, keep at it!! Thanks guys! I should have made it more clear in the post – I would not work for the $4 “jobs” and something would have to be pretty special for $25. It’s just depressing to have to wade through so much crap so much of the time! Yvonne, keep at it!!

]]> By: Yvonne http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3941 Yvonne Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:23:42 +0000 http://bethmorrissey.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/blame-carrie/#comment-3941 Jaysus I know, the freelancing market can be slim pickings. You've got a fantastic portfolio built up already though, surely the only way is up? Best of luck! Jaysus I know, the freelancing market can be slim pickings. You’ve got a fantastic portfolio built up already though, surely the only way is up? Best of luck!

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