My So-Called Freelance Life

How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire

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By Michelle Goodman

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Tired of clocking in and losing out? Want to pursue creative, fulfilling work on your own time and also make a living in the process? My So-Called Freelance Life is a how-to guidebook for women who want to avoid the daily grind and turn their freelance dreams into reality. 

Michelle Goodman, author of The Anti 9-to-5 Guide and self-proclaimed former "wage slave,” offers tips, advice, how-to’s, and everything else a woman needs to pursue a freelance career. Confused as to whether you should tell your clients that the odd gurgling sound during a conference call is emanating from the infant sleeping on your shoulder? Goodman answers all of the unusual questions that may arise for women exploring the freelance world.

Far more than your normal business guidebook,My So-Called Freelance Life blends candid, humorous anecdotes from a wide variety of freelancers with Goodman’s own personal experiences as a creative worker for hire. Whether you’re a freelance first-timer or a seasoned creative professional, copyediting queen or web guru,My So-Called Freelance Lifeis an invaluable resource for anyone interested in freelancing.

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On Sale
Sep 30, 2008
Page Count
240 pages
Publisher
Seal Press
ISBN-13
9781580052597

Michelle Goodman

About the Author

Michelle Goodman writes about careers and pop culture for publications such as Salon, Bust, Bitch, The Bark, and the Seattle Times. Her writing also appears in the anthology The Moment of Truth: Women’s Funniest Romantic Catastrophes (Seal Press, 2002). To keep a roof over her head, Michelle wrangles text for book publishers, high-tech companies, and peddlers of New Age philosophy. She lives in Seattle.

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