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Writing Your Way To Success: Finding Your Own Voice In Academic Publishing
There are many books available that will guide the academic to substantive academic writing. However, approximately 85% of publications are written by 15% of the academic population. Many academics experience the writing process as very difficult and painful, and give up writing rather than trying to surmount the obstacles. Writing Your Way to Success takes a fresh look at the publishing game and offers tried and true strategies that allowed two new academics to experience publishing success. It certainly will help you too!
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Writing Your Way To Success: Finding Your Own Voice In Academic Publishing
There are many books available that will guide the academic to substantive academic writing. However, approximately 85% of publications are written by 15% of the academic population. Many academics experience the writing process as very difficult and painful, and give up writing rather than trying to surmount the obstacles. Writing Your Way to Success takes a fresh look at the publishing game and offers tried and true strategies that allowed two new academics to experience publishing success. It certainly will help you too!
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Writing Your Way To Success: Finding Your Own Voice In Academic Publishing
There are many books available that will guide the academic to substantive academic writing. However, approximately 85% of publications are written by 15% of the academic population. Many academics experience the writing process as very difficult and painful, and give up writing rather than trying to surmount the obstacles. Writing Your Way to Success takes a fresh look at the publishing game and offers tried and true strategies that allowed two new academics to experience publishing success. It certainly will help you too!
Susan Drake and Glen Jones have collaborated on numerious writing projects. Dr. Drake teaches in the Brock University College of Education in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Jones teaches at the University of Toronto.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1
About This Book
1
Foolish Assumptions
1
How This Book Is Organized
2
Icons Used in This Book
3
Where to Go from Here
3
Part I
Getting Ready to Go It Alone
5
Chapter 1
Are You a Born Freelancer?
7
Describing the Footloose and Fancy Freelancer
7
Reviewing the Various Types of Freelance Work Arrangements
8
Living without a Boss
9
Bosses, bosses everywhere
10
Managing yourself
10
Freelance Position Available: Deciding Whether You're a Good Match
11
Will you love it?
11
Will you leave it?
12
Predicting Your Success
13
Uncovering the Skills That Freelancers Require
14
Understanding the Joy of Freelancing
17
Chapter 2
Understanding the Realities of Working for Yourself
19
Going It Alone
19
Losing Your Identity
20
Uncovering the Illusion of Insecurity
20
Surviving when you're pushed from the nest
21
Holding the purse strings
22
Balancing Your Work and Your Personal Life
22
Enjoying Solitude and Avoiding Loneliness
25
Developing necessary interruptions
25
Steering clear of dangerous liaisons
27
Remembering That Money Matters
27
Enduring your transition period
28
Hoping and planning
29
Chapter 3
Making the Decision to Freelance
31
Considering a Variety of Jobs
31
Creative work
32
Financial positions
32
High-tech jobs
33
Personal services
34
Business opportunities
35
Assessing Your Skills
36
Doing Your Homework
37
Who is your competition and what do they do?
37
Can the market support you?
37
Can you compete with your former employer?
38
Asking Yourself Some Tough Questions
39
What are your career goals?
39
Does freelancing help you achieve your career goals?
40
Can you sell your skills?
41
Can you make the money you want and need?
41
Can you afford to give up the benefits of working for someone else?
42
Is the life realistic for you?
42
Will freelancing complement your family's lifestyle?
43
Are you ready and able, but most of all, willing?
43
Taking Steps if Freelancing Doesn't Work
44
Chapter 4
Laying the Groundwork for Your New Life
47
Scouring the Planet for Information
47
Making a Plan
48
Knowing why you need a plan
48
Understanding what's in a business plan
49
Finding information
50
Timing Your Move
51
Counting your money
51
Considering your current employer's benefits
52
Thinking through seasonality or event relationships
52
Writing a schedule
53
Creating a Strong Network of Contacts
53
Networking while in your current job
53
Continuing your alliances
55
Meeting strangers
55
Making the Break from Your Old Work Life
57
Leaving friends and gaining friends
58
Finding new resources
58
Facing the unknown
58
Dealing with buyer's remorse
59
Part II
Opening Your Doors for Business
61
Chapter 5
Forming Your Company
63
Naming Your Game
63
Deciding whether you need a name
63
Choosing a name
64
Testing your name
66
Protecting your name and obtaining licenses
67
Organizing Your Company
68
Weighing the advantages and disadvantages
68
Organizing as a sole proprietorship
69
Forming a limited liability corporation (LLC)
69
Creating a corporation
71
Chapter 6
Organizing Your Office
73
Finding Office Space Away from (Or at) Home
73
Leasing office space
75
Staying safe
77
Furnishing Your Space
78
Your office is your castle
79
Feng shui and office arrangements
79
Getting Equipped
81
Phone
81
Computer
82
Fax
86
Copy machines and copy services
86
Electronic extras
87
Office supplies
87
Protecting Your Equipment
89
Taking steps to prevent electronic disasters
89
Maintaining your equipment
90
Practicing Good Work Habits
90
Adjusting your chair
91
Fiddling with your computer monitor
91
Adapting your lighting
91
Altering your keyboard position
92
Cleaning Up Your Act
93
Making Clients Comfortable
93
Chapter 7
Budgeting Your Time
95
Understanding a Freelancer's Weekly Activities
95
Starting Your Day Productively
96
Budgeting Your Time According to Three Simple Rules
97
Tracking Your Time
98
Coping with Success
99
Recognizing the time to change
99
Handling too much work
100
Continuing to Sell
101
Estimating jobs
101
Answering a request for proposal (RFP) or request for bid (RFB)
102
Protecting yourself
102
Managing the Delicate Balancing Act
103
Cutting corners
104
Doing two things at the same time
105
Finding Time to Stay Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
106
Guarding against illness
106
Protecting your body parts
108
Mixing Kids and Clients
109
Scheduling child care
109
Phoning while at home
109
Taking an honest approach
110
Avoiding guilt
110
Chapter 8
Building an Extended Staff
111
Getting Expert Advice
111
Finding an expert
112
Working with an expert
112
Bartering your services for theirs
113
Understanding which experts you need
114
Looking for Junior Partners: Administrative and Clerical Help
117
Getting help on an as-needed basis
117
Working with an in-house assistant
118
Making Work a Family Affair
121
The devil you know
121
The devil you don't know
122
The double-edged sword
122
The solution--good communication
123
Part III
Bringing Your Work to Life
125
Chapter 9
Creating a Professional Image
127
Creating a Total Package
127
Understanding the Factors That Contribute to Your Image
