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Handling Income, Expenses and Records: Back Up Your Writing - and the Rest of Your Life! - Moira Allen; Handling Writing Income and Expenses - Moira Allen; Keeping Records - Moira Allen
Keeping Your Business on Track: Building a Writer's Business Plan - Moira Allen; Creating a Writer's Resume - Moira Allen; Eight Things that Can Go Wrong for a Freelance Writer (And What to Do About Them) - Patricia Fry; Five Letters Every Writer Will Need - Rose Ross Zediker; Planning Your Writing Career - Dawn Copeman; Tickler Files Increase Your Success - Robert Moskowitz
Expanding Your Business - And Your Income: Boost Your Bottom Line - Mridu Khullar; Build Your Writing Business Through Testimonials - Jennifer Brown Banks; Five Steps to Developing Your Writing Brand - Sonya Carmichael Jones; How to Master (and Survive) a Career as a Solo Writer! - Jennifer Brown Banks; International Grant Resources - C. Hope Clark; The Key to Success: Write More! - Lee Tobin McClain; Mastering the Midlist: How to Thrive as a Non-Bestselling Author - Sean McLachlan; Movin' On Up: Graduating to Better Paying Markets - Audrey Faye Henderson; One Dozen Unique Ways to Make More Money - Patricia Fry; Recession-Proof Your Writing Business - Patricia Fry; Ten Tips to Reaching Financial Success as a Freelance Writer - Bev Bachel and Jennifer Lawler; They'll Pay Me to Write my Novel? Six Steps to Help You Win a Fiction Grant - Elizabeth Creith; Wish You Merry... Happy Holidays in Not-So-Happy Times - Moira Allen; Writing in a Recession - Dawn Copeman
Selling Reprints: The 20% Solution: How Much Do You Need to Change an Article to Make it Original? - Moira Allen; Can I Sell a Previously Published Article? - Moira Allen; Making the Most of Your Inventory (Selling Reprints) - Dana Cassell; One Article, Many Checks: Selling Reprints - Kelly James-Enger; Selling Reprints - Moira Allen
Using a Pseudonym: Everything You Wanted to Know About Pseudonyms - and Weren't Afraid to Ask! - Moira Allen; Pseudonyms: 10 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Pen Name - Adrienne DeWolfe; Should You Use a Pseudonym? - Moira Allen; Using Pseudonyms - Dawn Copeman (survey)
Collaboration and Coauthorship: Double Vision: The Secret to Forming a Successful Co-authorship - Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson; Questions to Ask Before Collaborating - Moira Allen; Writing in Pairs - Victoria Grossack
Vacations, Residencies and Retreats: Grants, Fellowships, & Residencies - Megan Potter; Retreat! How to Get Away to Write - C. Hope Clark; Taking Time Off: Planning a Vacation - Denene Brox
See also...: Contracts, Payments & Fees; Rights, Copyright & Permissions

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Recommended Reading

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The Business of Writing
The Freelancer's Survival Guide
Pen Name: How To Create Yours
New Tax Guide for Writers, Artists, Performers and other Creative People
Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business and More

Starting Your Career as a Freelance Writer
The Writer's Legal Guide
Writer Inc.: Starting and Growing Your Writing Business
A Writer's Guide To Using Pen Names
Writing Fiction with a Coauthor

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Becoming a successful writer isn't just about mastering great writing skills. It's also about overcoming the challenges and obstacles of the writing life: Rejection, fear of failure, lack of time, writer's block, the "Am I Really a Writer?" syndrome, and, of course, friends and family who just don't get it.
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