‘Y Streic A Fi’ on 21st February, on S4C, with subtitles Doing anything worthwhile and creative involves struggle […]
It’s easy to forget sometimes with all the narcissism, hype and critical tosh that goes with writing a […]
So the good news came through this week that in about four weeks, the tv film of my […]
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Looking up what the market rate for a job was this week, I came across this fascinating analysis, which struck me as something many of we freelancers could look at when jobs seem rare…
It is for the US market, which of course compared to Wales is huge…but there are items there I’d never have thought of. (£1 = $1.70 at time of writing)
Thank you Lynn Wasnak for compiling this.
ADVERTISING, COPYWRITING & PR
1.Copywriting $300/half day, $500/full day on-site in agency.
2.Advertising copywriting $120 high/hour, $33 low/hour, $66 average/hour; $750 high/project, $250 low/project, $525 average/project; $1.50/word.
3.Book jacket
‘A race of fighters, workers and singers…short, dark featured men… and women doing men’s jobs’ From this terrific […]
Two years ago today, on May Day, suitably – having got a top notch agent to represent it but no deal – I self-published my novel about the women in the 1984 miners’ strike, The Gritties.
A couple of nice friends wrote reviews, but then nothing…. I looked at authors’ twitter streams where the content was endless pleas to ‘buy my book’ and thought that was not for me. I would have to be more inventive. Having a grandmother a market trader meant I loved selling when customers were interested, but just to hassle people endlessly and mindlessly? Well, life felt too short…or maybe I was just too chicken.
