It’s been a long saga on this project. WMG has just published the electronic book. I’ll have a link to that below. They tell me the actual paper version will be out by the end of the month. I’ve been sending e-mails to everyone who donated while I wrote the guide, so that I could […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: Responsibility Kristine Kathryn Rusch Recently, a major agent in the science fiction and fantasy field died unexpectedly. Many of you know who I’m talking about, and many of you don’t. I’m not naming him here because his death—sad and surprising as it was—is not the topic of this column. In fact, I’m […]
Continue ReadingJust wanted to let you all have an update. This weekend, I will finish the full book of The Freelancer’s Survival Guide. As I went through it and organized it, I realized I needed another eye on the project. I needed a professional editor to make sure that everything flows smoothly. So early next week, […]
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 ReadingThe Business Rusch: Creative Destruction Kristine Kathryn Rusch Here it is: the Business Blog which, thanks to Marina Nelson, is called “The Business Rusch.” I like the title for a couple of reasons. First, I’ve had to live with the puns people make from my last name since I was a kid. I was in […]
Continue ReadingArtwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: The Great Experiment Kristine Kathryn Rusch “This post marks the beginning of an experiment.” That’s how I started the Freelancer’s Survival Guide, back in April of 2009. The experiment was mine; I had no idea how well writing a book chapter by chapter on my website […]
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 ReadingArtwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: 21st Century Thinking (Advertising Part 2) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Last week, I mentioned that I’d been thinking about advertising in a very 20th century manner. I’ve been thinking about a lot of things in 20th century manner, which makes sense, considering I spent 40 years in […]
Continue ReadingArtwork donated by Pati Nagle. Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Emergencies I am writing this in a hotel room in Boise, Idaho. I’m not really on a vacation, but I did sorta plan for this trip. I knew I’d be away, planned projects I could do on the road, and brought a lot of electronic hardware with […]
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