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Manage Your Freelance Career and Your Writing Life

Keep the presses rolling! Making the transition to a freelance career means that you're it- secretary, ergonomics pro, file clerk, teacher, and trainer. Make sure that everyday details of your career are kept current, so you can pay attention to more important things, like honing your craft.
Do You Need a Writer's Website?
Do you need a writer's website in order to compete in the freelance writing sphere? Take a look at three pros and three cons of having a writer's website and decide for yourself!
Do You Really Want To Work At Home?
Working at home is a goal for many people, including writers who want to freelance fulltime. But is it really all that great? Take a look at some of the pros and cons of working at home before you turn in that resignation letter!
Dealing With Published Mistakes, Typos and Other Mishaps
If you've found a big OOPS! in your recently published piece, you're going to need to do some damage control in order to preserve your reputation, clip and client. Here's how to deal with mistakes in your freelance pieces.
Beat Procrastination and Meet Your Deadlines!
Here's some quick and easy ways to make sure procrastination doesn't get the best of you. Meet all your deadlines with no stress.
Product Review: The Neo by AlphaSmart
Product review of AlphaSmart's laptop/word processor, designed for writers and students on-the-go!
Book Review: Shapiro's Only As Good As Your Word
Freelance writers will find Susan Shapiro's book about her journey into the writing world to be telling and entertaining according to this book review. "Only As Good As Your Word" by Susan Shapiro.
Meeting the Challenges of Working at Home
Many writers work from a home office, but sometimes working at home isn't as easy as most people think. Take a look at some of these tips for managing your career at home.
Laptop Writer? Read This First.
I love writing from my laptop. It gives me the flexibility to leave the house to complete my work if things get crazy, or if I just want a latte and some company. But, about 90% of my writing is from home. So I use my laptop as a desktop. Apparently, that's not the best idea, ergonomically. Read these tips from About guide Chris Adams.
Cheap Home Office
Read About's Guide to Interior Design's tips for setting up a home office on the cheap!

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