Chris Mitchell
@HackForHire
Freelance writer, sub-editor & proofreader; experienced blogger, podcaster & social networker
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TBF I always had him down as more of a ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’ kind of chap
I must emphasise that such travails are part of the frisson of excitement that is the life of a freelance, in any language!
@lauramalarkey @veronikatondon “Bonjour, je voudrais parler, um, à quelqu’un… comme… sur facturation… Erm…” X multiple random tel no’s...
@lauramalarkey @veronikatondon A matter further compacted by (i) disconnecting their old tel nos, & (ii) not being an Anglophone dept. Joy!
@lauramalarkey @veronikatondon Oh, & reason that invoice went unpaid for 1.5yr was subsidiary owing me RELOCATED COUNTRY without telling me!
@lauramalarkey @veronikatondon I have a multi-billion Euro-valued client which insists on paper and email invoices O_o
@lauramalarkey Touch wood, I’ve never had to actually write off any money. Introductory meetings with fantasists & chancers, another story..
@lauramalarkey I think the longest I endured between invoicing and receiving (full) payment was something like 17 months O_o
Sorry to hear that Blue Sax Publishing, the company behind @Spark_Magazine, is closing down: But it’s been fun!
It is with great sadness that we must today announce the closure of Blue Sax Publishing, the owner of The Spark... fb.me/1v9ts88Ga
Dear Twitter, I need a scientific proof-reader/ editor. For tomorrow afternoon or Saturday. I can pay. Please email me, thanks.
Sole traders & SMEs in the Bristol area who need some top-drawer admin/PA/book keeping/business coaching, get in touch with @JenvirtualPA!
Testing out new workflows and very impressed by FREE Dragon Dictation app for iPad - very handy. Cheers @DragonTweets!
So I've upgraded to OSX Maverick… And now all the OpenOffice .ott templates I use for work have corrupted! Grrr...
I just wish to put it on the record that interviewing subjects with severe hearing difficulties by international telephone is not ideal!
Looking into a rather interesting sounding ebook publishing venture following a proposal from an old colleague. Watch this space!
Hurrah! Another three invoices paid! Now on to finish this PR...
Phew! Thirty hour transcription job completed! I think I definitely earned my oats on that one...
Nearly completed work on Very Important Press Release job - phew! A busy weekend of catch-up after 2 months' worth of work in a fortnight...
Tax done for another year! Now to chase up some invoices, update the database & crack on with an exciting new project for @Spark_Magazine...
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