Freelance Writing for Nonprofits

I’m hosting this week’s edition of the Tarheel Tavern, a carnival of North Carolina bloggers. Being that it’s a tavern and it’s late at night (way past deadline, sorry Erin!), we are on a first-name basis and moving fast. Mind you, I haven’t been to a tavern since my wee ones were born, but as I recall, it goes something like this:

We warm up with some friendly food chat.

Zha shows us what Chicken Curry with Fruit looks like (along with some special tips).

Laurie tells you why you might want to hold the rice on your next Chinese take-out.

Then the brains pipe in. LabLit — Never read it? Where have you been? Bora introduces you to the genre in two book reviews on Ira Foxglove and Intuition.

Marcus is wondering if Bill Gates’ foundation will make the right choices.

Justin enlightens us on the difference between rights and entitlements in a local context and how the past haunts the present.

Next, those down a few seats try to blow your mind.

Do you see dates and letters in color? Waterfall does.

Been to Wilmington and Lisbon? I doubt it, if you ask Ron.

Finally, the guys at the end of the bar just want to make the girls laugh.

Billy riffs on making money with your blog.

Ogre shares a joke about Marines. Is it funny ha-ha or funny too-close-to-the bone? You decide.

Then go home and go to bed. I’m headed there now. See you THTers next week at 2Sides 2Ron!

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Freelance writers are always bemoaning slow paying clients, whether they are organizations or magazines. (I’ve found that magazines are actually worse than clients in this regard.)

Here are a few ways that you can prepare for and weather cash flow shortages in your freelance writing business.

Automate your savings. I finally got around to setting up an automatic transfer from my checking account to the money market account I use as my business savings account. I’m terrible about stashing away savings otherwise. Now I have a nice chunk of change for when bills come due before clients pay up.

Use those credit card checks. My credit card companies are always sending me those cash advance checks. Sometimes they come with special rates, like no cash advance fee and very low interest rates. In those cases, I save them and use them if I get in a cash-flow crunch. You can pay them off as soon as your clients pay.

Sell something continuously. I sell tip sheets and e-courses on my websites, and that brings in at least a little bit of cash almost every day. If you’ve got an e-book or other product or service that someone could buy at any time of day or night, get it online now.

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