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Below are links to some resources of interest to independent contractors and freelancers within the Boulder Writers Alliance membership. Links are primarily to home office operations: professional organizations, equipment, communications, and marketing.

About.com is the successor to MiningCompany. Their telecommuting site has a variety of light news. www.telecommuting.about.com
Telecommuting Jobs is actually more than that: has sections on training, certification, tools, and a salary guide. www.tjobs.com
Independent Homeworkers Alliance also has home-based jobs and more: training, publications, software. www.homeworkers.org
June Langhoff's Telecommuting Resource Center has a wide variety of tips and advice for long distance workers. www.langhoff.com
National Assn. for the Self-Employed is huge and offers wide range of benefits, depending on membership level: group insurance (health, vision, dental, business, SOHO); access to procedural advice or services (legal, financial, payroll, email, etc.); and business-related discounts (travel, recreation, finance, etc.). www.nase.org
Home Office Association of America is a national and local organization for full-time, home-based professionals and telecommuters. Resources include information on medical and business insurance. www.hoaa.com/index.html
International Teleworking Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the economic, social and environmental benefits of teleworking. Its members share information about the design and implementation of teleworking programs, the development of the U.S. telework sector and research. www.telecommute.org
Freelancer's FAQ answers frequently asked questions about freelance technical communication. www.stcrmc.org/jobs_freelance/freefaq.htm
Gil Gordon Associates hosts a collection of telecommuting information with links to dozens of other useful sites worldwide. www.gilgordon.com
National Writers Union, a gold mine for other aspects of writing, has surprisingly little on small office / home office matters. There's a little under "Health & Safety" and "Contracts";but you really have to dig. www.nwu.org
Freelance Success is a resource page for nonfiction writers, and includes market tips. www.freelancesuccess.com

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The morpheme "tele-" comes from the Greek, meaning "far away" -- so "telecommute" literally means to "make a change from far away". Telephone (sound), television (sight), telepathy (feeling), telegraph (pictures), telework, etc., are more clear-cut.

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