Jessica Erace The Healthy Housecat non payment, kill fee, breach of promise, codicil to contract, unprofessional behavior Brooklyn, New York

I was informed on 9/21/09 that if the piece was not published by January, that I would receive at least partial payment for my work. (This statement is like a codicil on a will and reflects a change in the original agreement that SUPERCEDES the contract).

On 9/21/09 she wrote:

 If it turns out that the article is being pushed back even further than January, I'll discuss advancing half or full payment as a courtesy to you although I am under no legal obligation to do so.

As I did not receive further notice of payment from her by the end of 2009, I wrote to her on January 4th, asking her to make some financial restitution AS SHE HAD PROMISED.

She did not even show me the courtesy of a response and a month alter I wrote a second time, informing her of my plans to expose her unprofessional behavior.

 Even if she did not like my telling her that she had a moral responsibility to live up to her words, she still owed me the both some money for my time and the courtesy of a response.

 Other writers need to know not to work for this woman. Not only will they be put through a editorial ringer of re-writes that will turn out to be three times the work, they will not even get paid for their efforts!