Reedsy continues to provide great side gigs for me, especially when it comes to getting some extra cash for the holidays as well as feeding a need to see Broadway plays (whose tickets are often bought for the holidays).

I don’t want to talk about my jobs in particular for reasons of privacy, but what I value most about Reedsy overall is the ease of communication. For example, when I got a request, I quickly read over the brief and sample material to assess what the potential client needs, then respond with either a polite refusal and reason or either a query for more information and details on what I could do for them. In the latter case, I also provide a fee to get their approval before putting it in formally.

I’ll then discuss in more detail what my work will consist of before the fee is approved and the offer formally put in or the client decides I’m not the right person for them or the fee is not within their budget. Which is fine.

I know other freelancers who have a hard time dealing with clients, who can get nasty and who can’t be gotten rid off. Reedsy provides a great screen in this regard. It’s a safe place for both freelancers and clients.

I also appreciate reminders from Reedsy and notifications that payment has been made. A couple of times payment wasn’t made–in both cases for entirely understandable reasons–and Reedsy stepped in to handle the matter. Taking the matter of filthy lucre out of my hands let me focus on the editorial work and helped me maintain my relationship with the client.

Plus, I love to edit. So it’s fun to work with the platform.

If you’d like to work with Reedsy to, please click on this referral link : https://reedsy.com/p/stephen-s-power. Full disclosure: I’ll get a bit of that filthy lucre if you do.

Heathen #1 includes my story “The Dunwich Hunt Club.” The question, I’ve been asked is, Does putting on the wolf suit turn the main character into a wolf or is he still a guy in a wolf suit? What do you think?

And “Tales of Horror” accepted my story “The Revivalist,” turning around a contract in less than 12 hours (most of which I was asleep, so it could’ve been quicker). And it’ll appear in the next issue! I love this story. I’d love to turn it into a series of novels about an Explorer’s Club of the Weird featuring the main characters as steampunk Mulder and Scully.