Once again, this week has seen a lot of great articles about both freelancing and writing. I’ve managed to pick out just a few to share with you. Have a great weekend, and don’t forget to leave your computer occasionally.
- Remember how I told you recently about Char’s WordPress for Dummies contest over at Casual Keystrokes? Well, I won! I am so completely stoked about reading this book.
- In light of recent conversations about whether men are represented in the WAHM world, I thought I’d add a link to Bootstrapper’s most current list, “50 Useful Blogs for Work-at-Home Dads.”
- Joanna at Confident Writing wants to know “Why Do You Ask for My Comments?” I think this could be a really interesting conversation about if/why/when you respond to comments left on your blog.
- If you’re new to freelancing like we are, then you’re probably figuring out the annual cycle of how this whole thing works. Thanks to Deb Ng for her post “9 Things Freelancers Should Do Before the End of the Year.”
- After you’ve followed that advice on how to wrap up 2007, check out what Dave has to say on “How to Prepare Your Business for a Kick-A$$ 2008.”
- Tamara talked a little this week about how “Just Because You Can Type, It Doesn’t Mean You’re a Writer.” For another take on the same topic (well, it’s a similar take), visit Freelance Writing Jobs’ post “Freelance Writing: Not Everyone Can Do It.”
- If you’re interested in improving your skills so you can legitimately call yourself a writer, you might want to look over Michele Tune’s list of “5 Resources to Enhance Your Grammar” over at Writing the Cyber Highway. (Ohhhh. Writing = Riding! I just now got that!)
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And I am soooo happy that you were the winner! Its nice to see the prize going to a good home
Hi Lorna,
Congratulations on your recent win and thanks for the link love!
You have a great resource here
and I’ll definitely stop back by. I’m going to add you to my “Favorite Writer-Related Blogs” list, too.
Oh… yes, writing = riding… I’m glad you got that
Have a great weekend!
Smiles,
Michele
Char - Thanks again. I seriously talked to my husband about that contest all weekend in hopes that I would win!
Michele - I can’t believe it took me weeks to catch the pun. And I call myself a writer. *shame* I’m so glad you like the blog. Yours is in my Google Reader!
One of your links says to take your biz to an llc level. I am just not finding any benefits to it in all of my googling. Any ideas?
Allena - My guess is that a lot of it comes down to taxes and liability. If I remember correctly, having an LLC allows you to keep your personal assests separate from your business assets. Therefore, if the business didn’t succeed, you would not necessarily be expected to use your home, etc. to pay for it.
Lorna, thanks for highlighting my piece - written from the perspective of blog reader and comment-leaver (I do hate the word “commenter”!)
It’s generated some interesting conversation - including your own thoughtful comments and questions - so if anyone is thinking about how best to handle comments on their own site do feel free to pop along, see what others are saying and jump in with your comments.
Thanks for the other links here too - I’m always glad to gobble up new material from a trusted source
Joanna
Joanna - Ha! You hate the word “commentor.” I hate “commentator.” I’ve been thinking about your post and am still formulating my own ideas about the topic, trying to weigh out the various pieces to decide what I feel is most appropriate for our blogs.
Thanks for the great resources! Congratulations on winning the contest!