Jennifer Escalona tells it like it is
Kidding, kidding. I’m all kosher on my taxes already, but in case a few of you are not, I thought I would link to a post over at the Outright blog that answers a few of the most pressing questions about quarterly estimated taxes.
Quarterly Estimated Taxes Q&A
And while I’m at it, I thought I would [...]
I’ve had some crappy bosses in my day. There was the megalomaniacal business owner who literally screamed and ranted if the slightest thing went wrong. This guy employed his wife for no other reason I could see than so he could berate her about their personal life all day long. And then there was the [...]
In: SpecialtyBuzz
11 Jun 2009It’s SpecialtyBuzz day again, which means that I am sharing an interview with a freelance writer who specializes in a certain subject or area.
Today’s specialist is Holly Patrick, and works in a field near and dear to my own heart – nonprofit writing. Do you want to do good and make money? Then maybe this [...]
In: Worthy Wednesday
10 Jun 2009Every Wednesday I share a link that I consider “Google Reader Worthy,” meaning that every single post, article, picture, fact, etc. is so great that it deserves to be in your Google Reader* so that you don’t miss a thing.
This week’s worthy Wednesday pick: Unclutterer
Unclutterer spends every day fighting the good fight against clutter. I have [...]
Side Note: I was quoted in a Web Worker Daily post about Writing Careers. Check it out!
It recently occurred to me that there is a huge difference between freelance writing and writing for a living. It’s actually much like one of those logic questions on the SAT. “If all freelance writers write for a living [...]
In: Ethics| Freelance Writing
8 Jun 2009As freelance writers, we are all about drumming up business. I’m not quite a query free freelancer yet, so I tend to be open to many different jobs. But, even if my bottom line was suffering, and my husband and cat were looking at me with big, sorrowful hungry eyes, there are some jobs I [...]
My apartment is a mess. A tornado meets train wreck, landmine meets RPG, MESS. And it all started because of a missing laundry basket.
Where the laundry basket is does not matter, what matters is that it isn’t at my place right now, where it should be. Who would have thought one missing laundry basket could [...]
It’s Thursday again, and that means I’m turning this blog over to a specialist freelance writer in a segment I like to call SpecialtyBuzz. SpecialtyBuzz was conceived in response to some recent chatter in the freelance writing world, chatter that seemed to agree that freelance writers who specialize in one product or subject matter have [...]
In: Worthy Wednesday
3 Jun 2009Every Wednesday I share a link that I consider “Google Reader Worthy,” meaning that every single post, article, picture, fact, etc. is so great that it deserves to be in your Google Reader* so that you don’t miss a thing.
This week’s worthy Wednesday pick: Freelance Folder
Like Freelance Switch, my Worthy Wednesday pick from three weeks [...]
I took my own advice, and spent last Saturday helping women who live in a local shelter create resumes. Aside from having a great time meeting new people and hearing fascinating stories, I also found that, as often happens in life when you are paying attention, something I have been thinking about quite a bit [...]
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