How to find a retirement plan for freelance writers

Freelance writers, like everyone else, will retire someday and they’ll need funding. Though you pay self-employment tax (comparable to social security tax) the social security system is in dire straits and anyone not retiring in the next hour may find themselves SOL to realize that promise of security. So how do you find a retirement plan for yourself, the self-employed entrepreneurial freelance writer? Retirement fund …(there’s more) Continue reading

Rowling Hasselbeck plagiarism and freelance writers

How to sell your writing without getting sued Plagiarism is tough to define, but an easy accusation to hurl against writers. Right now, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is accused of stealing her wizardly ideas. A cookbook scribe is suing The View’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck, claiming Hasselbeck pinched her words about Celiac’s disease. But try to find a definition of plagiarism. What a plagiarism accusation looks …(there’s more) Continue reading