Writers’ Roundup: May 11

I hope you’re excited for the weekend! I know I am — a good mix of work and fun ahead.

Here are a few reads to check out in your spare time:

• Kelly Gurnett offers a guide to taxes for first-time freelancers. Your jaw will drop at what you didn’t know you didn’t know.

• Also have a look at C. Hope Clark’s tips for jumpstarting your freelancing career.

• Oh, the dreaded writer platform. Robert Brewer gives us 30 tips for improving it.

• You don’t want to look like spam on Twitter, do you? These 10 tips will help you create a feed that people will actually want to follow.

• Joel Runyon gives us a lesson in how to not suck at waiting, which, admittedly, I suck at. His suggestions are solid!\

• Finally, Justine Musk tells us how Joyce Carol Oates would launch a writing career today.

Enjoy your weekend!