Woodworks Articles

[ellenmillion]

Scams and spams. (prompted by stormborn over at elfwood, but it's been at the back of my head for some time) Include virus scams, rich ex-patriots transferring money, obscure spams like the psi-thingy, how to ID spams and scams, checking addresses, what info to give out and what info not to give out, tips for knowing if you are at a secure site, etc. And for goshsakes, what NOT to forward and/or post as gospel truth. Edit: FINISHED

Common copyright misconceptions. For example, the idea that you need to trademark and register everything. Reprints. What constitutes a legal contract. Most of this I sort of covered (briefly) in the commissions article, but I'm not sure who would go looking for it there. Edit: Someone else has written this... yay!

Pricing. Got a comment wondering where part two of that commissions article was... heh... Wasn't sure anyone really cared. :P Wonder if I still have my notes... I was originally going to use a bunch of quotes from various EW people, but that turned into waaay more work than just writing my own stuff. 'Sides, I didn't want to edit for grammar and spelling and have to go fishing for approvals for those changes. Edit: FINISHED!

Keeping the Creative Spark Alive. I suck.

(Edit - I suck less, and finished this damn thing...)

Proofing Your Own Writing. Got this partly outlined, actually.

Comments

[chamois-shimi.livejournal.com]

Be careful with the pricing thing: I don't know how it would work for a finished product like art, but when I was trying to find out how much to charge for website maintenance, I ran up against a big illegal thing called price fixing. :P People who provide a service, at least, are not allowed to discuss what prices are fair or have a set price or anything of the sort. Makes it really hard when you're just starting out and have no idea how much is going to be too much or too little to charge, unfortunately.

I wouldn't think that discussing how to charge for finished artwork would be considered price fixing, but discussing how much to charge for hourly designing work or maybe even for commissions might be. Dunno. Wish I knew more about it.