I'm doing some work for a copywriter and she asked to write some website content.  She always gives me a good brief, although limited by what she can get from the client and the designer.  This one is for an interior designer and my first  question was whether we had any images for it.  Would you believe that the web designer will not make a start without content.  Apparently many web design companies now work to this rule because they have been kept waiting for things from their clients for months in the past before they have been able to complete and invoice their work.  Well, it doesn't make it easy for a writer to produce content without being able to see what they are writing about. Talk about the chicken and egg syndrome!

Anyway after two false starts, I cracked it in a day and a half, and produced the three pages required to the copywriter's satisfaction.  Of course, I won't get paid for working a day and a half.  I'd never get any more sub contracted work if I billed that much for less than a thousand words that include keywords.  I just do it so I don't have the hassle of hunting my own clients for more income to supplement my pension.  But sometimes I wonder if I really am a mug.