Rachel Kaufman, freelance writer

Interrogator of gargoyle lovers, frog fondlers, and the eternal optimists saving the news industry

Writing

Who Owns Your Words?

By Rachel • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: More, Writing

You made it. You’ve sold your first article to a magazine, the light of prestige at the end of a very long, SEO-lined tunnel. (With apologies to Tamara, who turned a spectacular phrase that I couldn’t resist borrowing.) You’ve been sent a three-page contract set in 4 point type, and once you sign, your check [...]