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Priya Joi's avatar

Luckily I haven’t but then I’ve also seen a lot of editors come and go, as I know you have too, which is what I would hold on to. Also, having been an editor - and maybe this is what really helps- is I know that even though there may be hundreds of potential freelance writers I could hire, the number who are REALLY good, write to deadline etc are still not that many. (Ps you’re one of the good ones)

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Padma's avatar

I like the term "freelance rehab". Right now, it is not much of a work-life balance issue for me -- I can, after all, take a nap in 45 degrees C heat wave. :) I feel that I need to set boundaries on another front -- what is acceptable in terms of attitude just because one of the editors is from, let me put this way, one of the top publications, and there is a sense of entitlement about commissioning and dropping -- "if not you, there will be plenty of others." Maybe that's what holds many of us back, knowing that there will be lean times too. Have you you or anyone else faced that too?

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