Like most self-employed people, I do it all: accounting, advertising, tech support, you name it. I spend almost as much time running the business as I do writing or consulting. That’s not unusual, and a lot of the stuff of running a business is fun. But some of it is a drag. I do many… [Read More]
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Category: Advice for Freelancers
Life is fair, mathematically speaking
Too many people I know and love are dealing with too many awful things right now. And so often, when discussing these situations, someone says, “life isn’t fair.” I disagree. But not in the sense of reward and retribution. Rather, stuff happens to us all at random. When I hear “life isn’t fair”, I think… [Read More]
A great good fortune
From Lao Sze Chuan in Chinatown, Chicago.
Advice on Blogging
Given that this month is the WordCount Blogathon, it was appropriate that a friend asked me to talk to her high-school class about writing non-fiction and blogging. She teaches at Lake View High School, which is where the movie My Bodyguard was set. The students were great. They had a lot of questions and ideas,… [Read More]
