We're hearing news that the economy may be starting to rebound - emphasis on may. Some industries are reporting good news while others are making little headway. The market for freelance writing seems to be in the latter category, where publishers have fewer opportunities for freelancers and are still slow to pay.
However, demand for ghostwriters appears to be edging up, if inquiries to the association from would-be authors are any indication. Potential clients with publishing experience, as well as those without, are coming out of the woodwork, expressing an interest in getting their book published next year.
Some of that upswing may be due to the few weeks left in the year and the sense of urgency some of us start to feel about projects still undone, rather than a sign related to the health of the economy. Either way, it seems to be good news for ghostwriters hoping for new projects in 2011.
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Well, we can hope. In terms of freelance writing in 2010 being a slow year, that hasn't been my experience at all. 2009 was horrible, but 2010 was quite good. That said, I suspect it has to do with the type of writing you do. Much of mine would be considered business-to-business (B2B), and I was discussing that with a friend of mine who runs a media research company that essentially operates in the same area (B2B), and our slowdowns and upticks have been very similar. I think a lot of what happened in 2009 and 2010 was business cut back in the last half of 2009, then once they got started in 2010 realized that in order to stay in business they still needed to actually DO things, marketing, advertising, internal and external communications, etc., and that provided the upward swing in 2010.
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