2/ So, grabbed a sharpie and a ruler, drew a big black line through that clause, initialed the line, signed the contract, scanned & emailed it & sent a polite email to the team along the lines of "hey, YOU guys are great, but the people who buy your firm some day may not be".
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3/ Given that the people involved are great, I imagine that they'll be a short conversation w the lawyer ("dude, relax") and things will move forward. Of course, 1% chance that corp lawyer is an !#@-hole and doesn't bend, in which case gig-hunting proceeds.
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4/ Edits to contract were seen as reasonable, and firm countersigned. Woo-hoo, I've got a gig. Writing sabbatical ends next Friday (today + 8 days), and work starts on following Monday.
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5/ So, what did I get done in 3 months between gigs? * 95,000 words of farm book * full outline of Aristillus 3 & 4 * 65,000 words (so far) / 80,000 words (extrapolated) of Aristillus 3 Not great, but not terrible.
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Oh c'mon I'm sure they'd be fair about it.
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Always read the whole contract
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Congratters on the gig. Feelthy lucre is good.
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