One Snarky Chica with Issues

I have been doing a crazy amount of freelancing over the past two months. In fact, the amount I have been doing has basically tripled. Financially, that is a great thing for me. However, it leaves little time for anything else. And it also means more stress when dealing with the less than pleasant parts of freelancing.

Obviously not getting paid on time is a major stress and a major problem with freelancing. But lately I have been getting annoyed by something else - uneducated editors.

The craziest example that I have of this is an editor stating that there is only one Korea and to not break up the country by labeling it ‘North’ and ‘South’ as the article is not supposed to be region specific. This is when you want to reply: “Hey, idiot, get an atlas or look on Google maps and tell me how many Koreas you see!” But you don’t. Why? Because you want to continue getting paid and continue getting assignments.

So, what do I do? I write it they way they tell me. But only because I am writing under a pseudonym. If I was writing under my real name it would be a different story.

Rant over.