With luck, these nearly 400 pages of inspiration will get me back on the right track. FWG has an entire chapter on diversity issues, discussing challenges faced by writers of color, writers with disabilities, and gay writers. Always ask for more money. They also say it is fundamentally unfair for periodicals to demand anything other than one-time publication rights without the writer's receiving additional compensation. However, the advice to walk away from an assignment if you can't get the ideal contract isn't realistic for many freelance writers.
Freelancers now have fewer and fewer places to FIND an ideal contract.
Despite the few shortcomings, Freelance Writers' Guide has plenty inside its 250 pages to make it well worth the purchase. But now there's more for the established writer, too. Not everyone writes queries the way I do, and I always find it instructive to hear what others think about a specific query's composition. WM's chapter, Minding the Details, which offers a look at contracts, rights, copyright, finances and taxes, is rather cursory. For a better understanding of these topics, look at Freelance Writers' Guide by the National Writers' Union.