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April 1, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Why I don’t write for free: $8,064 in 2009 business expenses

It takes money to make money. Last year I had $8,064 in business expenses – and this year my freelance writing work is booming because of it.

Filed Under: Economy, Freelancing, Media Business, Workplace Issues Tagged With: 2009 taxes, freelance writing expenses, keeping freelance writing expenses down, taxes for freelancers

March 31, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

A year after being imprisoned in Iran, freelance journalist Roxana Saberi tells all

A year after being jailed for espionage in Iran, US freelance broadcast journalist Roxana Saberi has written a book, “Between Two World,” about the ordeal.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Between Two Worlds, freelance journalists, imprisoned journalists, Iran, Roxana Saberi

March 29, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Online brand design overhaul: the new me

There are plenty of reasons a writer should have an online brand, and a good-looking one at that. Here are the reasons I spent time and money redoing mine.

Filed Under: Blogs, Careers, Freelancing, Technology Tagged With: building a freelance writing brand, Freelance writing tips, personal branding for writers, personal branding tips

March 25, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Taxes for freelancers: why it pays to analyze your 2009 income

During tax season, analyze last year’s income to see what you did right and where you went wrong so this year you can repeat your victories and avoid your mistakes.

Filed Under: Economy, Freelancing, My stories, Workplace Issues, Writing Tagged With: freelance income, freelance writing business, taxes, taxes for freelancers

March 24, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

WordCount poll: what’s your word count?

What’s your word count? Take this poll to share the average number of words you produce a week.

Filed Under: Freelancing, Writing Tagged With: average weekly word count for a writer, freelance word count, word count

March 22, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

WordCount Q&A: Suite101 CEO Peter Berger, and a question of quality

WordCount interviews Suite101 CEO Peter Berger, on how the Vancouver, BC, company is a different kind of content site, one that emphasizes quality over quantity.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: content farms, content milld, Demand Media, Peter Berger, Suite101

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