Table of Contents Introduction Balancing Work and Personal Life Your Other Life Scheduling the Work Who Runs the Office? Getting Help Monitoring Progress Handling Problems Assuring Quality Conclusion

Introduction

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When you work for yourself, you are writer, manager, and administrator. You may also be the janitor, systems administrator, and mail clerk. Now that you've gotten the business, you have to get the work done and manage the project. You also get to do all the administrative tasks such as billing and bill-paying, as well as the marketing. It can be a challenge to juggle all of these priorities and still maintain your sanity! This chapter describes the complexities involved in running a small technical writing business and focuses on how to solve the ever-present problem of how to manage it all.