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Blair Enns blogs about agency business development, free pitching and occasionally, life in Kaslo.

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Pay the Writer | 18 June 2009

This is a funny, relevant rant from sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison on writers being asked and even volunteering to work for free. Every time he says the word 'writer', I hear 'designer'. Strong language warning.

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