Writers’ Roundup: September 28

Happy Friday!

Some links to catch up on this weekend:

• Chris Guillebeau on self-employment: “The best opportunities in the new economy are centered on creating your own assets.” SO TRUE!

• Is it really possible to make travel writing into a career? Maybe with these 10 tips from Travelllll.

• Find out what Joanna at The Creative Penn considers “the dirty little secret of being an author and online entrepreneur” in her lessons learned from one year as a full-time author entrepreneur.

• Making the switch to full-time freelancer? Here are four tips to ease your transition, from Jeffrey Trull at Careful Cents.

• “Anyone can be a successful author because the definition of success has changed,” says Ryan Holiday in a post on why books are the ultimate new business card.

• Struggling with productivity? Then read Eric Barker’s 6 things that will make you more productive.

• The Atlantic Wire lists some writers’ favorite punctuation marks in honor of National Punctuation Day. Wait… National Punctuation Day?!

• For anyone with wanderlust (me! me!): beautiful photos and a nostalgia-inducing story of hiking in Australia at Ben Collins Outdoors.

Enjoy your weekend!

P.S. Next Wednesday (Oct. 3) at 8pm EST, I’ll be the guest at a Twitter chat for young entrepreneurs: #YoungAmerChat. It’s hosted by Young Invincibles. Join us!