>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated Thu, 22 Feb 2001 4:54:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Aeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> <<If you have to ask, it's not enough. You don't do this sort of thing
for the
>> money; you do it for love of the game.>>
>>
>> Cool...would you please write a 100K word worldbook for me for free
because you love the game so much? :D
>>
>No...but I might be willing to do it for a small fraction of what I'd
>earn if I spent the same time as a freelance programmer...or as a burger
>flipper at McDonalds, for that matter. :)
>If I could be sure of making 20->25K a year writing, I would give up my
>current job to do it, though it would mean a critical lifestyle crunch.
>(The spousal unit approves.) Anyone need a (published professionally,
>and not just in R&R, though I'm quite proud of that in itself) writer?
The problem isn't that freelance writers aren't paid well, the real problem
is that writers in general are not paid well. For a long time I made a
living as a technical writer / curriculum developer. This was a great job,
you were paid to learn all there was to know about a technical subject and
then express that knowledge in a book or course. Three years ago I was
working at Lotus hammering out course after course for Lotus Notes System
Administration, I noticed that Notes sysadmins were earning close to double
my salary for far less knowledge ofthe product. So I changed over to
sysadmin and never looked back.
If you are wondering what a tech writer / curriculum developer makes, in
the Boston area you can expect $40k - $50k a year if you have experience.
John Bacon - Canterbury Creations, Nero Int'l
www.canterburycreations.com
www.nerolarp.com
