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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 A Series of Writing Posts...take a business class

I'm going to digress from talking about feeding the muse for a moment. Today, I attended a pre-business workshop held by SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives), a non-profit group devoted to helping small businesses. I may be a writer. But I am also a businesswoman. I have to think about all the things that businesses do when it comes to my writing. Capital. Marketing. Business Plans. Law. Taxes. It's all the same stuff, folks.

And the best thing I think any writer can do for him or herself is to attend one of these workshops. There are SCORE chapters across the country. Mine only charged me $30 for the day. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about building a small business--your writing career--and learn how the "pros" do it. From accounting software (I was ahead of the class curve and using QuickBooks, even if it was their Simple Start free version), to how to form your business (yes, you do have to think about liability), to marketing and everything else that goes along with it.

I had a very informative day. I only wish I'd taken this class sooner!

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