The Craigslist Curmudgeon isn’t in the practice of recommending reads. I do like to be fair and balanced however, and not in a Bill O’Reilly sort of way. I mean really fair and balanced. I generally complain about employer assery and client lamery but there are times freelancers can do with a dose of the truth as well. Kristen King’s post at her InkThinker blog outlining “7 Heinous Freelance Practices You Should Stop Immediately” is something every freelancer would do well to read, and not just because I’m mentioned there. Read the piece in detail but pay particular attention to …read more

The Craigslist Curmudgeon has a couple many fans and both of you you’re all very loyal. As a reward, I thought I’d offer a best of piece. Here are the Craigslist Curmudgeon’s Top 10 Posts of 2007.

Lamery With the Olsen Twins – Who knew the Olsen Twins would be too cheap to pay their writers? Even more surprising, who knew this post would receive more traffic than any other?
I Don’t Need My Apartment Cleaned That Bad – Why you’re all interested in a man who does housekeeping in the nude is beyond me. The Curmudgeon has a don’t ask don’t …read more

As I was perusing Craigslist this evening, I came across this interesting bit:
Were you burned by NY Press on Craigs List?
Reply to: burnedcauseImascab@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-12-31, 7:17PM EST
Class action law suit pending against Craigs list and NY Press for false advertising for writers during the writer’s strike. Were you falsely solicited for work against the rules of Craigslist and then possibly slandered in the pages of the NY Press “Meet the Scabs” November 14 edition? Contact for more information.

Was it true? Did the New York Press put false ads in Craigslist in hopes of finding scab labor to belittle? This deserved …read more

This isn’t from Craigslist, but I saw this at Freelance Writing Jobs and thought it was so funny, I had to bring it here.

I’m not sure if this is a real commercial for Craigslist or not, but it’s rather amusing.

Ever wonder what would happen if you accepted a job interview from someone on Craigslist? It might go something like this:

There’s an interesting discussion raging at Deb Ng’s Freelance Writing Jobs blog as to what’s a fair wage. I see lots of writers throwing out numbers such as $25, $50, $75 and up.