contracts -- writers and editors

[Anne Frasier]

I think of a contract as being an agreement to deliver a book by a certain date, but lately I've come to wonder if some editors and publishers think of a contract as a commitment of time -- more like a situation of employment for the length of the contract. Writers, do you sometimes feel you are working more as an employee?

Just curious.

[Jude Hardin]

Delivering the goods on time is all that matters. As long as you meet your deadline, it doesn't matter if the book took a year or two weeks to write.

That photo is just...wrong. :)

[Jordan Dane]

I'm not touching her keyboard. And Lord knows where she's got her mouse. Eewweee!!

My publisher definitely has shown their commitment to my career beyond the task of writing a book. If this is indentured servitude, then consider me shackled and grinning ear to ear.

But I'm feeling the need to ask what's behind this question, Anne? How do they make you feel like an employee, beyond the contractual obligations to deliver a book on time?

[Anne Frasier]

I can't really go into detail on a public forum, but I thought maybe some writers would know what I was talking about. But maybe not, since it was just a theory that popped into my head!

[Karyn J. Powers]

Shackle me up. I'll take my chances. As for the photo. Any multi tasker knows, you must keep a tv tray in the loo.

[Anne Frasier]

a large tray would leave room for a lunch platter, hopefully delivered. :D

[Jordan Dane]

Karyn/Anne---I love both of you.