$20K (or a possible 120K) for your soul?

[EvilPheemy]

Re: I'm one!

Of course, in the last 2 years, we've had two artists bail on projects, one artist disappear, and one artist submit a finished piece that looked *nothing* like the work in his portfolio and is now collecting dust.

- James

"Disappeared?"

Is there an interesting story behind it? Or did the guy just bail more effectively than the first two?

I can see it now, Firey Dragon contracts skip-tracers to track down fugitive artist.

 

[Lizard]

Back to freelancers. Mike is right. It is near impossible to get on time stuff from freelancers. Mike is one over the VERY VERY tiny group of people who are on time.

I'll be happy to give the email addresses of my editors for commentary on my timeliness.

 

[Oracular Vision]

Re: I'm one!

SNIP

Of course, in the last 2 years, we've had two artists bail on projects, one artist disappear, and one artist submit a finished piece that looked *nothing* like the work in his portfolio and is now collecting dust.

- James

That's the difference between writers and artists: writers are used to deadlines, artists are used to doing what they like when it pleases them. There are more starving artists than starving writers...

 

[Oracular Vision]

SNIP

Oh, and I just have to say (because the original statement made me laugh out loud), that as someone who's published novels, short stories, and 14 years' worth of game products and articles (not to mention various types of writing from ad copy to nonfiction), has been taught by instructors like Gene Wolf, Octavia Butler, Greg Bear (and others), has worked as a professional editor, and has run a design studio, I figure I know about 5% of what there is to know about writing.

SNIP

Wow, Gene Wolfe and Greg Bear as writing instructors! Now I really am envious of you... (by the way, Gene said to tell you its okay to put the "e" back on the end of his name...alternatively, he said you could leave the "e" off of Monte...)

 

[TalonComics]

Re: Re: I'm one!

That's the difference between writers and artists: writers are used to deadlines, artists are used to doing what they like when it pleases them. There are more starving artists than starving writers...

This almost begs the writer versus artist debate but we probably shouldn't go there.

~D

 

[Napftor]

Re: Re: Re: I'm one!

This almost begs the writer versus artist debate but we probably shouldn't go there.

~D

Why not? We appear to have been everywhere else in this thread.