Freelance Finance

Sorry to be out of touch for such a long time, but we were saddled with a project that grabbed us in a chokehold and pulled us under for a month. Hopefully now that it has cleared the deck, we can turn our attention to other projects, our new book, and you darling people.

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Mire and I have yet to tell you guys more about our deal to produce a personal finance book for freelancers and independent workers for Random House. But there’s not much to tell. Obviously, the ball in is our court. We’ve had the idea for a long time. I’ve freelanced a dozen years; Mire for […]

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Personal finance for freelancers is, essentially, what this site is about. But in truth, “freelance” is much too limiting a word for the audience that this site seeks to serve. It offers personal finance musings (and, we’d like to think, some useful advice) to anyone who does not have the financial advantage of a salary […]

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The freelance life is often viewed by cubicle jockeys as, well, let’s be honest—kinda slack and indulgent. Any independent worker knows that this is far from true if you plan to support yourself and ensure a comfortable quality of life for you and your family. I love getting phone calls in the middle of the day […]

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We read everything we can about personal finance, and I have to say, it usually disappoints us. Eighty percent of the time, writers, editors and gurus make the assumption that they are talking to an audience of people who have a steady paycheck, health insurance and a retirement plan at work. If you are, in […]

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We are confessed personal finance geeks. We read the books, we log on to the sites, we diligently try to pay ourselves first. But we feel that freelancers get the short end of the personal finance advice stick. Most of the best books—and how we do love them—are written for people with jobs, and we […]

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