Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Advertising Part One

Artwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Advertising Part One Kristine Kathryn Rusch I have had this topic in my topics list for nearly a year, but it became relevant just last week when I got my third request to put an ad on my website.  For once, I didn’t dismiss the request with a polite note.  I actually considered it and as […]

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Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Expanding Your Business

Artwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Expanding Your Business Kristine Kathryn Rusch For the last six months, I have lived in a constant state of panic—and weirdly, that panic exists mostly in my own mind.  From the outside, everything is going well, extremely well, in fact.  But inside—well, a few mini volcanoes are going off—all of them triggered by the digital revolution. […]

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Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking 3 (Networking Part Nine)

Artwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking 3 (Networking Part Nine) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Well, the fine group of people I interviewed about online networking last week taught me something—all by example. I often post the Freelancer’s Guide late on Wednesday night—about midnight or so Pacific Time.  It’s too late to tweet that the Guide is up (no offense to the […]

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Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking 2 (Networking Part Eight)

Artwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking 2 (Networking Part Eight) Kristine Kathryn Rusch I had a great week this past week.  Because I knew I’d be finishing a novel, which is always a period of great airheadedness for me (more than usual), and because I knew I was heading into a part of the networking topic I felt completely inadequate […]

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Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation Part Five

The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation Part Five Kristine Kathryn Rusch This little sequence on negotiation has really caught your attention, even though I’m posting in the middle of the holiday season.  Thanks, everyone, for the e-mails, the donations, and the comments.  I’m also seeing a lot of blogging and tweeting on this topic in response to the posts, which I appreciate. The more we share […]

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Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation, Part Two

The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation Part Two Kristine Kathryn Rusch I got a lot of interesting responses to last week’s introduction to negotiation section, some of which folks posted in the comments section.  I suggest you look at those, particularly the comment by Randy Tatano, before you start this section. (And thank you, my friends, for reinforcing the fact that I am not charming.  So […]

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