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lauraanne_gilman) wrote2008-08-14 01:21 pm
lauraanne_gilman) wrote2008-08-14 01:21 pm
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the long long slow slog...
No, not writing, although there's that happening, too.
In September 2002, I signed a contract to contribute an article to the Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore, from Sharpe Reference. The essay was due "on or before 9/1/02," and the payment ($100) was due on-publication.
Time passed. More time passed. Even more time passed....
I just got my contributor's copy. It is a lovely, lovely thing, I have to say. Not worth waiting six years for, mind you, but it is quite nice.
I have not yet, however, gotten paid.
Children, this is why "payment on publication" is a bad idea. Even when it's a small sum. Because six years of interest on $100 would not have been insignificant.
(had this been a solo project, I would have yanked it. Since I was merely a contributor, that wasn't really an option)
In September 2002, I signed a contract to contribute an article to the Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore, from Sharpe Reference. The essay was due "on or before 9/1/02," and the payment ($100) was due on-publication.
Time passed. More time passed. Even more time passed....
I just got my contributor's copy. It is a lovely, lovely thing, I have to say. Not worth waiting six years for, mind you, but it is quite nice.
I have not yet, however, gotten paid.
Children, this is why "payment on publication" is a bad idea. Even when it's a small sum. Because six years of interest on $100 would not have been insignificant.
(had this been a solo project, I would have yanked it. Since I was merely a contributor, that wasn't really an option)