How awful. Everyone deserves to be paid a fair wage and have job security.
It's disgusting the lack of value that is sometimes put on the art or artist, I don't know if it's the same now (I hope it's not) but years back new writers were submitting stories to online journals for free, sometimes even paying for the privilege to submit. And that was the norm. Some how we had all learned that this was how it was, you gave your work away to get a publishing credit to build up a resume. Short stories that took hour, weeks, months of hard work. I know that this is a different kettle of fish than what your article was about but that's the memory it jogged inside me, how undervalued the right to an income for a writer can be, and maybe how deeply and far back this is imbedded.
On a happier note: Happy Birthday 🥳 May all your birthday wishes come true ❤
Oh gosh, I remember submission fees w/o payment on publication and it is so devastating. Exposure is not fair compensation and yes! We all just accepted it. The process of getting authors to devalue their work and exploit their work ethic is infused in many different facets of this industry. And it is very hard to have those conversations in a professional sphere because authors are often not treated with professional courtesy.
And thank you for the wonderful birthday wishes! I appreciate them. :)
How awful. Everyone deserves to be paid a fair wage and have job security.
It's disgusting the lack of value that is sometimes put on the art or artist, I don't know if it's the same now (I hope it's not) but years back new writers were submitting stories to online journals for free, sometimes even paying for the privilege to submit. And that was the norm. Some how we had all learned that this was how it was, you gave your work away to get a publishing credit to build up a resume. Short stories that took hour, weeks, months of hard work. I know that this is a different kettle of fish than what your article was about but that's the memory it jogged inside me, how undervalued the right to an income for a writer can be, and maybe how deeply and far back this is imbedded.
On a happier note: Happy Birthday 🥳 May all your birthday wishes come true ❤
Oh gosh, I remember submission fees w/o payment on publication and it is so devastating. Exposure is not fair compensation and yes! We all just accepted it. The process of getting authors to devalue their work and exploit their work ethic is infused in many different facets of this industry. And it is very hard to have those conversations in a professional sphere because authors are often not treated with professional courtesy.
And thank you for the wonderful birthday wishes! I appreciate them. :)