The Business Rusch: A Lawsuit Waiting To Happen Kristine Kathryn Rusch I knew I’d get ideas for this blog while I was here in Germany. I just didn’t realize I wouldn’t have time to write them. Tonight, after I finish this, I must make notes about Nuremberg and maybe try to get some sleep. I […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: Fear Itself Kristine Kathryn Rusch Not making it to Los Angeles last week set off a little fear bomb inside of me. (For those of you who don’t know what happened on our way to LA, here’s the link.) Instead of focusing on what had gone right—we got Dean out of the […]
Continue ReadingMichael A Stackpole has a great post on the terms writers should insist on in their contracts. He writes about it better than I would, so head on over there and read this post now. http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1626
Continue ReadingArtwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: The Benefits of Freelancing Kristine Kathryn Rusch Several years ago, my career hit a serious downtown, the kind most careers never recover from. I made a series of bad business decisions, including hiring two terrible employees who did everything they could to gut my business. I […]
Continue ReadingArtwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: The Benefits of Hindsight Kristine Kathryn Rusch I don’t know if we get wiser as we get older, but we certainly gain a lot more experience. The experience comes in handy, if we chose to use it. And sometimes that experience is just there, a part […]
Continue ReadingThe Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation Part Six Kristine Kathryn Rusch A small little topic, I said. Eight, maybe nine more posts, I said. Maybe one or two will go long, I said. But jeez—six parts???? On negotiation? What was I thinking? It might need its own tiny book. But for the moment, this is the […]
Continue ReadingThe Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation Part Three Kristine Kathryn Rusch I knew negotiation was going to be a tough topic. But I thought it would be tough for me, not for you guys. Instead, I’m seeing a lot of private comments and some great blogging on the topic, and I’m realizing that negotiation is hard […]
Continue ReadingThe Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation Part One Kristine Kathryn Rusch I had this topic on my list ever since I wrote the money sections of the Guide. When I do the full book-length copy of the Guide, that’s where this section will go. Because, as my ex-husband used to say, all of life is negotiable. […]
Continue ReadingArtwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Postponing Your Dreams Kristine Kathryn Rusch Sometimes I have to wonder if I was a history major and am a science fiction writer because I see patterns in what Thomas Jefferson called “the course of human events” or if I see patterns because I had training […]
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