Beyond the Rhetoric

Whether you run your own business or you have a telecommuting arrangement with your employer, you may have considered setting up a home office. Maybe you already have one. Whatever the case, there is one very big decision that you’ll need to make: where is the office going to be? While there are certainly all [...]

My affair with coffee started at a fairly young age. I was probably about ten or twelve at the time and my mom asked me if I wanted to try a cup. It was difficult for me to get past the inherent bitterness of coffee, so we mixed it half-and-half with hot chocolate powder. The [...]

Let me preface this by saying that what I consider to be the “ideal” (or even a “good”) home office may not be the same kind of thing as what suits your particular personality and preferences. However, based on my years of experience as a professional freelance writer, I’ve come to learn that certain characteristics [...]

I met up with an old high school friend the other day for a cup of coffee. In catching up, he asked me about how my freelance writing career was going and what it was like to do what I do. Then, he asked if I had a work schedule and, if so, what it [...]

When you go out and open a restaurant, people see you a legitimate small business owner. Why is it, then, that freelancers and other work-from-home professionals don’t automatically receive the same kind of respect? If you opt to open a freelance writing or freelance design company, how can you ensure that you will be taken [...]