I had to laugh when someone reached out today with a writing gig that could only pay in exposure.
Buddy, I've been barely holding my life together on gigs that went from paying to nonpaying, unreliable classes, and seasons of high editing demand followed by crickets.
I'm freaking done with adding more uncertainty to life in a field that pays peanuts. At this point, I'm waiting out the next coronal mass ejection like any sane person, and looking forward to a better economy on the other side. 🙃
@MLClark hold it. I wonder if it was the same gig that gave Alma Alexander grief for giving him flak about not paying the author? She reposted it and some of us are suggesting that it be brought to the attention of Writer Beware.
No, this is a different, more personalized insult in another field of publishing. The person reaching out is someone I've worked with before, and who should know a lot better than to pull this nonsense again.
One of those "fool me once, fool me twice scenarios", alas.
But creative writing is full of such manipulation too! I always recommend sending along concerns to Writer Beware, to let them look into it properly. Better safe than sorry!
@MLClark sigh. Alas, I'm not surprised, unfortunately.