tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post6700155882847192198..comments2021-10-05T19:44:46.905+02:00Comments on BerlinBites: The Emigrant's Dilemma, Chapter 4: Best Laid PlansJon Lebkowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248713335392018033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-69415291810855587952008-06-12T14:47:00.000+02:002008-06-12T14:47:00.000+02:00I've suffered the same kind of banking humiliation...I've suffered the same kind of banking humiliations from publishers that typically pay quickly that you describe, Ed. It always seems that only when I really need the money is the check late -- some kind of twisted fate for finances, I guess. There's always a legit excuse (the editor says something like "I was out of town and couldn't turn in your invoice until this week"), but why is it that payments to freelancers are never considered by editors and publishers to be paychecks? More than once I've told an editor who was late with a payment, "If your paycheck was even a day late you'd scream," but they never seem to consider that we use our freelance payments for the same things -- rent, food, bills -- they use paychecks for. <BR/><BR/>In any event, you've got my sympathy.<BR/><BR/>/SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-11488854095797557612008-06-06T04:06:00.000+02:002008-06-06T04:06:00.000+02:00Ed,There are definitely times where knowing when n...Ed,<BR/><BR/>There are definitely times where knowing when <B>not</B> to do something, or cooling it, until things are copasetic, is the better route. I don't know about you, but Austin has certainly tested, and proved, that adage over the years.<BR/><BR/>garygary etiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819471819664834288noreply@blogger.com