http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2006/11/22/legal-aid/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:18:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2006/11/22/legal-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-22168 The Anti 9-to-5 Guide » What writers, illustrators, and other freelancers can learn from the latest “Sex and the City” tiff Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:31:19 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2006/11/22/legal-aid/#comment-22168 [...] Lesson for freelancers: You may be the peon now, but you still deserve the best possible contracts. If others get rich off your work, you’d damn well better do so too. Don’t get your contracts? Get legal help. [...] [...] Lesson for freelancers: You may be the peon now, but you still deserve the best possible contracts. If others get rich off your work, you’d damn well better do so too. Don’t get your contracts? Get legal help. [...]

]]> http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2006/11/22/legal-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-2775 The Anti 9-to-5 Guide » Ask the cubicle expat: Should I become an LLC? Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:35:09 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2006/11/22/legal-aid/#comment-2775 [...] When I’m weighing a decision like this, I always talk to my accountant first. Yes, he’s a numbers guy, but he also knows a thing or two about business structures — particularly how changing mine will affect my taxes (and how much said change will cost me). And since I don’t have a lawyer to help me weigh such decisions, I’m likely to ring up one recommended by a writer pal and try to glean as much information as I can on the phone before s/he starts the meter (and I have to fork over $200+ an hour). Or I turn to my favorite free(ish) legal resources for creative types. Or I pester those kind folks at SCORE, who are so good at handing out free and sliding-scale business advice. [...] [...] When I’m weighing a decision like this, I always talk to my accountant first. Yes, he’s a numbers guy, but he also knows a thing or two about business structures — particularly how changing mine will affect my taxes (and how much said change will cost me). And since I don’t have a lawyer to help me weigh such decisions, I’m likely to ring up one recommended by a writer pal and try to glean as much information as I can on the phone before s/he starts the meter (and I have to fork over $200+ an hour). Or I turn to my favorite free(ish) legal resources for creative types. Or I pester those kind folks at SCORE, who are so good at handing out free and sliding-scale business advice. [...]

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