Tips for Business Travellers
In a former life, I spent more than twenty years working internationally. I spent more time in airports, railway stations and hotels than I did in the office. If you […]
Who You Gonna Call? The Professionals
Last week we talked about informal networks and especially the support we can get not just from the writing community but also from other small businesses. Today, we’re going to […]
Risk Management
All businesses are subject to risk and our business as writers is no exception. These days, risk management has become a huge topic: the subject of whole books; the purpose […]
Keeping Financial Records: Expenditure
Last week, we looked at how to keep records of income; now we’re going to look at recording our expenditure. Then we’ve got the two sides of the equation: we […]
Finanical Systems: Keeping it Appropriate
A belated Happy New Year to you all. It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these Business of Writing articles. A lot has happened in the meantime, not […]
Business Structures
One of the questions to be resolved when setting up any small business is which structure is the most appropriate? There are a number of options including: self-employment; partnerships; limited […]
Giving It Away: Should We Write For Free?
[By pure co-incidence, fellow-writer Patsy Collins has also been blogging about the same topic this week, although she is talking about the provision of free books for Kindle. Read her […]
Thinking About Finances
One phrase that is often quoted by experienced business people is: turnover is vanity; profit is sanity. The long-term objective of any small business is to be successful, otherwise why […]
Business Start-Up: Getting Paid
We’ve talked about finding the customers; we’ve looked at getting the work (i.e. the writing) done. Now we’re going to focus on the third element: getting paid. Talking about money […]
Business Start-up: Doing the Work
[There was no post last week, due to long weekend in Paris, and just a quickie today, as I’m in the middle of extended celebrations for a BIG birthday. Normal […]
Business Start-up: Reaching the Customers
Setting up a successful small business is a major step — and is not one we should take lightly. It’s also a huge topic, so I’m going to cover it […]
Business Plans for Writers
The starting point for every new business should be a good, clear business plan — and our writing business is no different. It’s an important tool, for example, in talking […]
Objectives That Help, Not Hinder
Recently, someone asked me “how do I deal with multiple projects; how do I sort out what I should be doing?” My immediate response was that she should work on […]
Time Management for Grasshoppers
I’ve been thinking a lot about time management recently. I’ve been a writer for three months now. Well – that’s not strictly true – I’ve been a writer for a […]