How about No.

 

Public Service Announcement: Stop Sending Me Pay-to-Collab BS

Let’s get something straight, loud and clear:

I don’t pay to collaborate.

I get paid to write. That’s how this works.

There seems to be some weird trend going around where people are asking me to “collaborate”—and by collaborate, they mean I pay them to write with them. I’m not sure who flipped the definition of the word “collaboration” upside down, but let’s get back to reality:

I’m a writer. An artist. A creator.

I’ve got a voice. I’ve got a style. And I’ve been doing this for 15 years.

If you like what I do and you want my style infused into your project?

Cool. Let’s talk contracts and payment terms.

You pay me, not the other way around.

But if you’re sending me offers where I’m supposed to pay you to co-write something, publish with you, or slap my name on your template prose?

Save us both the time.

Delete that email. You’re wasting your breath.

Writers get paid for their work.

We don’t pay for the privilege to work.

End of story.

Signed,

A tired-ass creator who’s not here to bankroll your hustle.