Category: writing as a business
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1286 words, and a nice twist in the story.
I got my 1250 words with a few extra today, though it took longer than three hours, and there are a fair list of things I didn’t get done… and that I’ll have to do tomorrow, so there might not be any (or many) words Thursday. What I got was hard going, but I like…
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I’m off my game — had a bad writing day. 486 words.
So here’s the deal. I have jury duty coming up next Monday. Have never done it before, but I didn’t try to get out of it. I’m a citizen. This is part of what being a citizen means. So if there’s an upcoming trial scheduled during my period of service, (which I won’t know until…
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Mondays, Death, and Taxes: Life’s Sure Things
I did not get everything done on taxes over the weekend — and being self-employed is not anything like working a 9-to-5 job where you get money back. When you’re self-employed, you always owe. Making sure you find and identify the receipts for everything that was deductible, therefore, is a critical and damned stressful task.…
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Today is brought to you by math…
This isn’t the way I want to spend a Friday, but I cannot ignore the fact that I have to sort all my receipts, mark every single item that is deductible, gather up all the papers, pack them up, and get the box to my accountant. Even really shitty years produce a stack of paperwork,…