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2014 TAA textbook award winners announced
The Text and Academic Authors Association has announced its 2014 textbook award winners. Fourteen awards were given in three different…
Tax tips for authors: Learn how your agent is reporting your writing income
One of the things that can affect your tax returns is the income that you report from writing in the form of royalties, advances, etc. Many of you will have literary agents and those agents will report to you what you’ve earned at the end of a year on a 1099. While the IRS says that agencies are supposed to report to their clients the gross income amount that was received, most agencies report on the net basis, and the IRS doesn’t seem to be aware of, or care about that. But as an author, you really need to know on what basis your agent is reporting income because it could potentially affect your tax return.
Listen to podcasts on writing, editing, contracts, time management & more
TAA members have access to a library of 60-90 minute podcasts on topics such as writing, editing, contracts, royalties, taxes,…
TAA Executive Director’s Message
“Only connect!” –E.M. Forster from Howard’s End As I sat down to write this column about networking opportunities at TAA,…
Subconscious productivity: Accessing your inner self
As a writer, I battle with procrastination, always have. At times I also find it strangely hard to revise my work. But in graduate school I hit upon a way of using my procrastination to produce nearly final copy the first time. The “method” was suggested to me by reading the Autobiography of Bertrand Russell.