The Writer's Essential Desk Reference,9780898797596

The Writer's Essential Desk Reference

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780898797596
ISBN10: 0898797594
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-09-01
Publisher(s): Writers Digest Books
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Summary

Quick, complete, accurate answers to important writing-business questions, including information on the World Wide Web. Writers will turn here for: -- places to go to conduct research -- articles about libraries, desktop publishing, writing for broadcast and other topics -- information on grant applications, book contracts and self-publishing -- techniques for working with artists, photographers and printers -- opportunities that are available from writers' colonies and workshops -- the basics on taxes and health insurance

Table of Contents

Living as a Writerp. 1
Finances for writersp. 1
Health insurancep. 3
Planning incomep. 7
Records and accountsp. 8
Tracking incomep. 10
Going with the (cash) flowp. 11
Estimated taxesp. 12
Leveling out cash flowp. 13
Credit-checking tipsp. 14
Saving for the futurep. 15
Should I incorporate?p. 16
Taxing matters for freelancersp. 19
Law and the writerp. 32
Employment agencies, job banks and contacts for writersp. 44
Grants, fellowships, awards and contestsp. 51
A Community of Writersp. 57
Professional associations and organizationsp. 57
Writers' groupsp. 58
The electronic community of writersp. 73
Colonies, residencies and retreatsp. 75
Conferences and workshopsp. 83
Writing instructionp. 99
Researching Itp. 111
Librariesp. 112
Researching onlinep. 119
Government documentsp. 127
Bibliographersp. 136
Permissionsp. 138
Researching fictionp. 145
Information accessp. 150
Resourcesp. 154
Producing and Polishing Itp. 161
Helping handsp. 162
The business of publishingp. 196
Selling Itp. 217
Newspapersp. 217
Radio and televisionp. 238
Word marketsp. 250
Promoting yourselfp. 262
Writing and Selling in Canadap. 285
Living as a writerp. 287
A community of writersp. 297
Researching itp. 304
Producing and polishing itp. 314
Selling itp. 321
Word marketsp. 330
Indexesp. 337
Subjectp. 337
Associations and organizationsp. 344
Business-related resourcesp. 346
Books, periodicals and directoriesp. 347
Online resourcesp. 351
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