After almost a decade of working from home and (mostly) loving it, at some point in 2012 something really changed for me. Fairly suddenly, I started feeling more trapped than liberated in my home office, and feeling like it was hard to carve out uninterrupted work time amid the myriad of household … [Read more...] about Adventures in co-working
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Wrapping up 2012
It's snowing here in Colorado and the last day of school is Friday, meaning that it's time to put some wrapping paper on 2012 and call it a year! I always find it helpful to look over my accomplishments and failures for the current year and set some goals for the next year. So here … [Read more...] about Wrapping up 2012
Expanding your book sales beyond your Facebook friends
Publishing has been on my mind a lot lately, as I gear up to get my next book out the door and start writing another one. Let's say that you too have a book lurking inside your head, or better yet, a book lurking on your hard drive and waiting to see the light of day. These days, publishing the book … [Read more...] about Expanding your book sales beyond your Facebook friends
Getting it done: managing your time as a freelancer
As freelancers, we wear a lot of hats. Some days, I feel like translation is the easy part of my job: the harder parts being my roles as an accountant, marketing director, customer relations manager, office ergonomics expert, and so on and so on, not to mention the rewarding but time-consuming gigs … [Read more...] about Getting it done: managing your time as a freelancer
Billing by the word, the hour or the project
This topic started out as a Twitter discussion earlier this week, and I'm hoping that the translators who contributed there will join in here too! At the recent ATA conference, there was a lot of buzz about how translators should charge; not just the actual amounts, but whether it's better to charge … [Read more...] about Billing by the word, the hour or the project