[saluki]

y, stop work . . . and express to them that you're looking forward to working on the next phase of the project but you need to get your invoices caught up and outline specifics on what increment you will be invoicing and let them tell you how fast they will pay your invoice . . . since you're having problems with them I'd recommend invoicing at least weekly if you're doing hourly consulting . . . if it's fixed fee I'd break it up in to week long milestones . . . so you aren't giving them too much time without invoicing/getting paid. Good luck . . . invoice often and don't offer free work/lines of credit/loans to them . . .