Consulting career hits a snag

So, it seems that my plan to make a living by freelancing, doing consulting or project work, and continuing the blogging I love has hit its first major pothole.
I signed a contract almost four weeks ago now to build a series of user guides for a company I am familiar with. In fact, it is [...]

Incorporate? Get a DBA? What to do?

I met recently with some folks at a company that helps place freelance technical writers like myself in a variety of short- and long-term positions.
Since I am out on my own, the suggestion was made that I incorporate myself as a business. It sounded like a good idea to me, so I spent a little [...]

What makes a good user guide?

I have freelanced in the past with limited success, never able to do better than earn a bit of secondary spending money.
Right now, I know two things.

In this market, I am going to have to do better than that to make a reasonable living.
It’s a jungle out there.

There are job boards all over the place [...]