Do you remember my rant about dealing with wannabe writers? I mentioned a client who had majored in journalism and how they have a tendency to nitpick your copy.
It seems that he wasn’t a partner in the venture as he claimed. He was an employee and didn’t have authorization to hire me.
When I sent a follow-up invoice noting that the bill was past due, I got a call from the real owner.
The former “partner” was no longer with the company, but had left some of my work in his desk when he departed. They needed more work done (including rewriting work that he’d done) and asked if I was available.
We reached an agreement on the outstanding bill and I now have a new (legitimate, this time) client.
I shouldn’t have picked on all journalism majors. I’ve worked with some who are great writers but admit that they aren’t copywriters. Others have more work than they can handle.
I guess the lesson here is to beware of someone who spends too most of his time telling you how great he is.
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