Hiring Writers: How To Get Results That Make You Look Good
http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2005/0305/workingwords.htm

Canavor, Natalie and Claire Meirowitz
Communication World Bulletin
2005

Abstract:

Like many of you, each of us has played on both sides of the fence: We've worked as editors in the position of hiring freelance writers, and as writers on constant prowl for new markets and ways to make editors happy. Even if you've not strayed between camps, we're all communication professionals-so why does mutual disappointment or even frustration characterize the editor/writer relationship so often?