Some of the most talked-about topics on the boards today:

"Does anyone know how long it generally takes to get a response to a query from Daisy Chan at Redbook? Also Genevieve Field at Glamour."

"I have some photos that came to me secondhand but are not quite old enough to be in the public domain. I'd like to include them in a book or magazine article."

"Can anyone give me an idea of what associate editors make at a national consumer magazine in NYC?"

"A website called Evote (web.evote.com) is using about $15,000 worth of work by me and a couple of other writers without having paid for it. Threatening e-mails to the site's owner, Vincent Garofalo, have so far done nothing, and after having talked to a lawyer, it looks like taking the guy to court would be expensive and time-consuming, and thus not doable until sometime next year. I've already gotten Writers Weekly to post a complaint, too, still to no avail. Should I try complaining to Doubleclick, which runs the ads on the site? If so, how should I go about it?"

"Look for something that pays the bills best in the shortest amount of time with the least expended effort."

"I have the possibility of landing a freelance gig with a financial services firm and wanted insight. What is the term white paper and what changes might the NASD require?"