AvantGuild: How To Negotiate A Better Freelance Rate

Sure, the rocky economy has depressed the freelance writing market noticeably. Ten years ago, freelance writer Beth D’Addono always asked for a little more than what she was offered — and often received it. “Now,” she says, “I’m finding that everybody is just so happy to have work that I’m less inclined to try to negotiate… I haven’t found editors to have the resources that they did before.”