| Today it begins.I have always known I was
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| | PayingWriterJobs, AbsoluteWriter,
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| a freelancer. The phrase my family uses
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| | Writers Weekly, and of course, my local
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| to describe me is "not a
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| | paper, I found my e-mail inbox inundated
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| nine-to-five-er." That said,
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| | with back and forth e-mails. While I
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| nine-to-five does carry some
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| | admit my e-mail organization system
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| not-so-romantic but comforting benefits.
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| | resembles my filing system at times, I
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| Health insurance. Travel reimbursement.
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| | finally wised up.On my computer, in
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| Gas mileage. A regular paycheck.But
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| | Windows, I have a folder with subfolders
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| alas, I'm the daughter and granddaughter
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| | for e-mail. I created a separate
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| of entrepreneurs, and I'm also of the
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| | directory, "freelance". Then I assigned
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| "ownership society."I love to write. No
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| | every potential or actual freelance job
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| such thing as retirement--writing is who
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| | its own folder with a client identifier
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| I am. But with that ideal and that
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| | number where appropriate and otherwise
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| passion comes every writer's downfall.
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| | the name of the client/publication.I also
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| Running a business. Getting paid.We
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| | created a Work For Hire agreement today.
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| right-brained people with our horrendous
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| | My own--usually when I work with a
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| filing cabinets and hard drives/Zip
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| | publication I'm required to submit an
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| drives full of e-mails have to spend time
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| | invoice. However, a publication you have
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| organizing, like any businessperson. I
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| | a relationship with is different from a
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| had a conversation with a fellow writer
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| | client that doesn't know you and vice
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| content provider in which we both
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| | versa. This is new ground for me. I've
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| confessed neither of us knew how to
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| | signed three book contracts, entered into
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| charge for our services. Although
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| | three royalty agreements and two bona
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| University of Southern California master
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| | fide collaboration agreements, signed
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| of Professional Writing Program does give
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| | screenplay, magazine, fiction, and poetry
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| great training in the business side, most
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| | release forms, sent more contest
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| writing programs in my experience don't
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| | applications than I can count...but my
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| teach marketing, recordkeeping,
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| | own Work For Hire agreement...now I feel
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| fee-charging, and work-for-hire
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| | I've passed the "novice" mark and can
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| contracts, let alone publishing
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| | proudly call myself a full-time
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| contracts.Today while tracking two
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| | freelancer. Freelance
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| possible freelance jobs (I'd like to give
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| | entrepreneur.No.Writer always works. To
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| a plug to David Copeland's Freelance
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| | quote Harlan Ellison's business card, "I
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| Daily, a terrific daily newsgroup with
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| | write."But will I stay
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| tons of freelance leads, also
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| | organized?Continued next week...
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