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Subject:e: The Writer's Kit From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- AXIONET -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:32:50 -0500
John Posada <john -at- TDANDW -dot- COM>
> I might point out too that the project was short enough that> >actually buying a $600 package would have taken a significant >bite out of my profit here.
Of course, having PageMaker, you could then use it on other projects and
make yourself more employable.
Also, I don't know US tax laws, but, in Canada, you could write off the
purchase as a business expense.
I think that, given that the purchase would be a chance to expand my
marketable skills, I would have seriously considered the contract if I
could work it into my schedule.
"Then fareweel ye banks o' Sicily,
Fare ye weel ye valley an' shaw,
There's nae Jock will mourn the kyles o' ye,
Puir bluidie swaddies are weary."
- Hamish Henderson,
"The 51'st Division's Farewell to Sicily"
