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• Journalistic: Newspapers and magazines for me!
• Both copy and journalistic
• Neither- I want to write books!
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I posted a sample Excel spreadhseet in the forum. This is the skeleton of the actual Excel book I use to manage my freelance writing business (set up by my accountant husband). It has tabs to track customers, pitches, time spent, expenses and income. I hope the formulas have migrated, but either way, you should know how to use Excel in order to use this spreadsheet.

Did you know you can post documents in our forum?

Here's a resource for you. Ever wonder if that non-paying client took your words and ran? The Plagiarism Checker, a project of the University of Maryland, will search for your article, for free. Copyscape is another low-cost option. Of course, you could also just plug a unique phrase from your article into Google, and see what comes up!

So I sit down with my Cheerios this morning and run into a full page spread in Psychology Today magazine on one of my favorite blogger/writers, Leo Babauta. Leo is the mastermind behind the Zen Habits blog, and was kind enough to speak to writers here at About.com Freelance Writing last year. He also allowed yours truly a guest post at his writing blog, Write To Done. Psychology Today is a great magazine market, by the way. Hard to crack, but great paying. And an overall good read.

In other freelance writer/blogger news, I want to point you to the blog of successful freelance writer and journalist, Thursday Bram. I have her in my Google reader, and her blog consistently delivers bang for your freelance buck. If you're a beginning freelancer who wants to get a peek into the life, decisions and business of freelancing, I would definitely recommend reading her blog.