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Miscellaneous
. . . so Beryl Lieff Benderly became a freelance. Benderly explains how she went from a prospective anthropology Ph.D. to a highly productive freelance science writer. Along the way, she spent a little time at the U.S. Employment Service, wangled a creative writing stipend from the D.C. unemployment office, and stumbled on a book-writing project that made her an expert in deafness.
Some make a living at it, but most do not.
Results of first freelance survey are out. Can freelance science writers make a living at what they do? Make a decent living at it? What kind of stuff do we write, and for whom do we write it? How do we think the National Association for Science Writers treats its freelance members?
Guess what Richard Robinson puts at the top of his list. And the bottom, too.