I am official!

blowuprobot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:02:01 +0000

I spent the last two weeks working on a new website for myself-as-a-freelancer so that I could go to this meetup/networking thing tomorrow night. And I didn’t sign up for the meetup because what if someone clicked on my name and the site wasn’t there yet?

And now…… the meetup is full and I can’t attend…. T_T

Please take a look at my new website if you have time & let me know what you think!

It’s at [first initial][my last name, not lunchbox's].com.

Mush! Mush!

I wish I were a store display designer instead.

Freelancer: Initializing

blowuprobot — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:06:47 +0000

Thanks to this book, My So-Called Freelance Life, I am all jazzed to be a real freelancer!

(Or maybe it’s the relief I feel from not looking at job ads.)

First things first: I called the IRS today (they are very friendly!) and verified that my old EIN is still alive. Now I can invoice clients without giving them my SSN (which, I think, is necessary for clients who pay you over $600 per calendar year, so that they can send you a 1099-MISC). Getting an EIN is very easy, you can do it online!

And then I joined the Brooklyn Creative Freelance Group and checked that my Freelancer’s Union membership is still active. I am on a roll! All I have left to do is get over my fears of: contacting potential clients, setting rates, writing up contracts, invoicing, & paying estimated taxes!

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I am official!

Freelancer: Initializing