And that is only when assuming all 8 hours in a working day are billable... not even close to true for writers who are taking care of administrative and marketing duties in an even remotely professional manner. So if they were doing those things, they could be earning as little as half of that. Chances are that they're not doing it full-time (just a hobby writer or someone looking to earn some quick beer money or something), or they're in a country where that's a somewhat less crappy income than we're used to. Either way, if you're a professional writer, they're not your competition thankfully.
Hi Jenn & All - Yeah... we've had the same discussion on similar threads. More than once, we have spoken of writers valuing their time, and how that is reflected in their rates. Probably another formula that needs consideration is one for successful Publishing. This formula would answer the question, in terms of tactics and bottom line numbers, what must a publisher do to build a publication to the point where it supports a professional staff? Is that even possible with a simple blog? Looking forward to some ideas here... then let's reformulate and take it into the Blogging forum to see what we can learn. Best - Scott
Ok I want to be removed from my own list please :\ I'm getting way more offers than I can handle. P.S. Very good idea Scott. I think it's possible to get a simple blog to become "professionalized". There are dozens of examples of blogs that started out like a fun project and turned out to be succesful publications.