Editorial Freelancers' Association standard rate sheet: [link]
Note that I'm insanely jealous of y'all for even having an organization with its shit together like this!
Doesn't matter that we took him off that boat, Shepherd, it's the place he's going to live from now on.
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amych - Oct 12, 2011 11:08:51 am PDT #676 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
smonster - Oct 12, 2011 11:23:15 am PDT #677 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
bonny, it's so not your breath. It's probably a combination of inertia, tight budgets, and poor memories. At the costume contest, could you do a "$5 for 5 minutes" mini-session to hook people in with your serious doggie wisdom? And then offer a small discount for people who sign up right then? Even pick a dog from the audience and do a demonstration.
Just brainstorming.
I'm doing well. My coworker and I are going to keep researching and moving forward on the beads thing. Frankie got bitten at the park, by apparently a serial offender. Figuring out how to handle that. He's fine - vet clipped and flushed the wounds and put a staple in the bigger one.
Burrell - Oct 12, 2011 12:39:03 pm PDT #678 of 1416
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks amych, that's very helpful. I figure I've been editing this friends stuff for free for a couple years now, I might as well find a way to profit from it.
Strix - Oct 12, 2011 8:14:55 pm PDT #679 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
A little late, but yeah, I use the EFA and the Writer's Market rate guides to set my rates.
There's also differences between proofing, light and heavy copyediting.
If you're editing, like, critique AND line-edits, then the rate goes UP.
I'm raising my rates in November, but I generally charge about $30/hour for proofing, $35/hour for light copyedits, $45/hour for heavy, and $55/hour for editing.
Hope that helps!!
Burrell - Oct 12, 2011 8:52:49 pm PDT #680 of 1416
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks Erin, that does help. It's editing work that she has for me, I was gonna ask for $50 an hour.
Strix - Oct 12, 2011 8:55:51 pm PDT #681 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
$50 for editing is pretty decent, Burrell. Sounds good!
Have fun! I'm a freak -- I looooove editing and copyediting. *pets style guides and multiple dictionaries adoringly*
Typo Boy - Oct 13, 2011 12:51:49 am PDT #682 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Erin. What is a fair rate for heavy layout for a glossy graphic heavy magazine? That includes cropping, sizing and do other types of graphic editing to raw graphics. Also stuff like working with client to select fonts. Maybe some critique -as in "I can't use that photo, provide another that does not have problem x".
The link you provided only went through newletters, but I presume magazines are a very different animal in terms of work and price.
Strix - Oct 13, 2011 7:49:52 am PDT #683 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Typo, I'm really sorry, but I don't have an answer. I have no experience with the graphics/layout/formatting end of publishing magazines.
I found this, and it might give you more of an idea to work with: [link]
I HATE not having answers! :(
Toddson - Oct 13, 2011 7:56:52 am PDT #684 of 1416
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Typo, I think any magazine would have its own staff who would do that. I work for an association that puts out a quarterly magazine; we've outsourced it to a publisher which takes care of layout, image editing, etc. When we were doing it in-house, the work was done by staff.
beekaytee - Oct 13, 2011 8:33:29 am PDT #685 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant
Even pick a dog from the audience and do a demonstration.
Inntterrresting. I could totally do a "kreskin' with an audience member.
I am going to do a raffle for email addresses...a free session.
How awful about Frankie getting bitten. Is he doing okay? Actually, I know the answer to that. How are YOU doing with it? Can you forgive and forget?