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Succeeding as a Freelancer

March 14, 2017 | Filed under: Rosemary Shipton

The key to a successful freelance business is a steady supply of projects. First, decide how many hours a week you’d like to work — 20, 40 billable hours? — and then set out to achieve your goal. Your professional life and income will become almost predictable. Here are some …

Where the Ink Meets the Road — Insights From Working In a Bookstore

November 15, 2016 | Filed under: Paul Cipywnyk

I’ve recently picked up a few shifts a week at a bookstore, receiving and stocking while I think about where I want to go with my career. As a longtime editor, it’s giving me a different view of the book world. The logistics alone are impressive. Early every morning we …

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Time, Money and the Freelance Life

March 24, 2015 | Filed under: Paul Cipywnyk

For a creative professional or craftsperson, the business side of freelancing can be challenging. “I don’t want to run a business. I just want to write!” Or edit, or photograph, or paint or sing. Yet by selling your services or products, you are running a business. Why not run it …

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Lessons Learned From Eminem, David Ogilvy and a Sex Hotline

April 29, 2014 | Filed under: Lori Burwash

It all started respectably enough. Publishing courses at Ryerson, EAC workshops and conferences, the Banff Book Editing Workshop. I’ve had rock-solid editorial training. So what have a rap artist, an ad man and a sex hotline taught me about writing and editing? Some pretty useful things, it turns out. Eminem: …

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