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Agencies and off-site work (was Re: 1099 vs W2 w/agencies)
Subject:Agencies and off-site work (was Re: 1099 vs W2 w/agencies) From:JIMCHEVAL <JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 8 Jan 1998 11:44:33 EST
In a message dated 98-01-08 08:37:13 EST, jleer -at- LTC -dot- MV -dot- COM writes:
<< I have yet to find an agency or agency who
represents writers for offsite work. >>
Rare, certainly.
I found a form of karmic effect wherein, having worked (successfully) to
market myself for off-site work, suddenly an agency that had only called me
for on-site work called me for two off-site jobs at once. No logical
connection, but I seemed to have placed myself in an 'off-site' space somehow.
Less magically, what happens sometimes is that you'll start on-site through an
agency, build up a trusting relationship with the client, and end up doing
most work off-site (my 'office' for a long time was the Metropolitan Museum of
Art - especially the sun-lit roof garden.)
Jim Chevallier
Los Angeles
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