It’s Sunday, it’s Mother’s Day, I have deadlines to meet, but … oh, irony … just posted to the SPJ Freelancers Blog about balancing work and family: http://lnkd.in/SztKTy

Let’s talk about this – how do NAIWE members manage that balance?

Colleagues might enjoy – and benefit from – some of my recent published work:

A column on ethics for freelance journalists in Quill, the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ):

http://digital.ipcprintservices.com/publication/?i=98521 (go to p. 32)

My latest marketing column at ImproMed, “Think Like Your Clients to Make Marketing More Effective,” which is aimed at veterinarians but is appropriate to independent writers and editors as well:

http://www.impromed.com/newsletter/article.aspx?e=419625&a=394

A column for the SPJ blog on getting started in freelancing:

http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/freelance/2011/09/05/ruth-e-thaler-carter-how-i-got-started-freelancing/

Registration is open for “Editorial Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century,” the 6th Annual Communication Central “Build Your Business” Conference, to be held Friday, September 30–Saturday, October 1, 2011, in Baltimore, MD. NAIWE members are eligible for a discount on registration!

Speakers include Jack Lyon, Rich Adin, Erin Brenner, Geoff Hart, Katharine O’Moore-Klopf, Richard Peabody, NAIWE member Ruth E. Thaler-Carter and more. A great opportunity to meet, network with and learn from experts in all aspects of editorial freelancing!

Details and registration form at:
www.communication-central.com

Just found out about this and think it’s very cool:

www.americanwritersmuseum.org

It’s headed by Malcolm O’Hagan, whom I knew many years ago when I worked as communications manager for the American National Metric Council (told you I could “write about anything!”™). His involvement is interesting, since he’s a business leader rather than an author per se. Can’t wait to see where it goes!