Read what the author of “Cleopatra: A Life” and other biographies says about research, organization and writing, from her recent Portland Literary Arts lecture.
Archives for November 2011
Recommended reading for Nov. 4: Wheels of Fortune
If you read anything from this week, make it the Los Angeles Times’ series on cars and the poor. It’s timely, well reported and a potential game changer.
Get paid to tweet
Read a snippet from a Q&A freelance writer April Choi did with me for Ebyline about getting paid to tweet, then follow the link to the original post.
Top tax tips for freelancers
Some freelancers keep expense receipts in a shoe box to deliver to their accountant before April 15. Others snap pictures of receipts with a smartphone to file into an electronic expense reimbursement app. Whichever camp you’re in, there’s no getting around taxes. Freelancers especially need to track income, expenses and deductions because ain’t nobody else […]
The best of WordCount October 2011 posts
Popular posts of the past month: interview tips, obituaries re-imagined, Annie Proulx on writing, changes at Demand Media, breaking into freelancing and more.