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Lately, I’ve been all about learning how to optimize and grow my small business. But I guess I’m not the only one looking to the late Steve Jobs for a meaningful message these days.
According to Steve Jobs’ biographer Carmine Gallo, who spoke to 20/20 about the man tonight, here are the Apple founder’s seven principles of success that “anybody can use, to be more successful, to be more innovative, to live an inspired life.”
1. Do What You Love, no matter what it happens to be. “Don’t settle,” said Jobs. “As …

This week, as we all gather our loved ones and our thoughts to give thanks for all the love and luck we’ve received this year, it’s worth taking some time to look back and really take stock. So I decided to create a reverse bucket list of things I’m already thankful I’ve accomplished.

Online forums catering to professional writers were a major help to me when I was just starting out. But they can be somewhat hard to discover if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Here are a few that really worked well for me.

Tweet With Budget Cuts Across the Board, Can We Afford to Write for a Living?
There's been big discussion on a few of my writers' groups this week about major magazines and other publications recently chopping their freelance rates due to budget cuts. What's worse, some media outlets are eliminating their freelance budgets all together.
Now, before you go thinking all of us freelance writers were raking in the big bucks before the economic downturn, know that standard per-word rates have stagnated at a buck (or, if you're really lucky, two) …

TweetI've been working on a story for ABCNews.com on celebrity love pegged to the release of the self-help tome-turned ensemble comedy He's Just Not That Into You. And it turns out, when it comes to relationships, stars are just as messed up as the rest of us.
So I interviewed a bunch of relationship experts, including Oprah fave Dr. Michelle and the always uber-candid Matt Titus, on certain celebs and their very-human dating downfalls.
From Jennifer Aniston to Drew Barrymore to ScarJo, they've all had their fair share of …

TweetHappy New Year! And welcome to the online home of Sona Charaipotra.
This is my first official year as a fulltime freelance writer, and I’m still trying to balance working in my PJs with my obsessive DVR-ing of House Hunters and everything else HGTV. I’ve joined a few freelance writers groups, but mostly it’s me solo. I have to say, working from home has been an oddly refreshing reprieve from my time in cubicle-land.
A bit of background: Formerly a reporter at People and an editor at TeenPeople.com, I’m now fulltime freelance …