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Price, Beccae:
>I'd be interested in knowing freelance rates from the web site if someone is
>willing to post a summary - or even send them directly to us. My contact in
>Calif. says that freelancers there get "no less than $30 or 35" per hour
>with a given seminar on their resume - which implies that they get
>substantially less without it?
Not. I'm getting $30 and I have no seminars on my resume. I do have
experience, though. If this were not my first writing gig in 2+ years, I'd
be charging $40-45 an hour. My next job will be bid at $40.
