Financial education and insurance for artists

Not a concise, sexy title, but oh well.

Insurance is a battle for many freelancers. This article (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0608070136aug07,1,5703621.story?coll=chi-business-hed) mentions foundations like Fractured Atlas that try to provide affordable health insurance for artists. I am assuming that writers are included in that definition. If you can't get to the article, try http://www.fracturedatlas.org and go on from there. Two other orgs mentioned are Artist Pension Trust and Creative Capital.

If you have any experience obtaining-or trying to obtain--insurance through this organization, please post.

Financial education and insurance for artists

Not a concise, sexy title, but oh well.

Insurance is a battle for many freelancers. This article (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0608070136aug07,1,5703621.story?coll=chi-business-hed) mentions foundations like Fractured Atlas that try to provide affordable health insurance for artists. I am assuming that writers are included in that definition. If you can't get to the article, try http://www.fracturedatlas.org and go on from there. Two other orgs mentioned are Artist Pension Trust and Creative Capital.

If you have any experience obtaining-or trying to obtain--insurance through this organization, please post.

Crunchy time

I really would like to respond to sallytuppence's "How did you become a writer?" meme. The Superhero Quiz looks cool...even though Quizfarm blogs don't play well with LJ's Bloggish style.

But. Book is due by September's end. Given that I'll be going to Bouchercon, I should get it in beforehand, so I lose a weekend. I sketched out the remaining chapters, and boy, things are tight. I really did need to lose that sojourn to Guernsey Station after all.

I've got 300-350 pages of rewrite to go. If I'm lucky, half of it will be comprised of first draft, which will require tweaking but is better than starting with blank pages. Not many blind spots here--I know the twists and turns, where things are going, who dies when, and how things end.

Then there's the Incident rewrite. That, I'll save for dayjob lunch hour. I figured out how to lose some characters and compress two scenes into one. That should tighten things up and give me the room I need for the ending, she said hopefully. I have until the end of August for that one.

Why did I do this to myself? Because it'll feel so good when it stops, you moron.

If I show up here more than once a day, whoever finds me first is hereby empowered to kick my virtual butt.

Crunchy time

I really would like to respond to sallytuppence's "How did you become a writer?" meme. The Superhero Quiz looks cool...even though Quizfarm blogs don't play well with LJ's Bloggish style.

But. Book is due by September's end. Given that I'll be going to Bouchercon, I should get it in beforehand, so I lose a weekend. I sketched out the remaining chapters, and boy, things are tight. I really did need to lose that sojourn to Guernsey Station after all.

I've got 300-350 pages of rewrite to go. If I'm lucky, half of it will be comprised of first draft, which will require tweaking but is better than starting with blank pages. Not many blind spots here--I know the twists and turns, where things are going, who dies when, and how things end.

Then there's the Incident rewrite. That, I'll save for dayjob lunch hour. I figured out how to lose some characters and compress two scenes into one. That should tighten things up and give me the room I need for the ending, she said hopefully. I have until the end of August for that one.

Why did I do this to myself? Because it'll feel so good when it stops, you moron.

If I show up here more than once a day, whoever finds me first is hereby empowered to kick my virtual butt.