Michelle Goodman

I'm a freelance writer who fled the cube in 1992 and has yet to look back. My books -- "My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire" and "The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube" -- offer an irreverent twist on the traditional career guidebook. I write a weekly career column for ABCNews.com and the work/life balance blog "Nine to Thrive" for the Seattle Times. My reported pieces about alternative careers, personal finance, and human mating rituals have been published by the New York Times, Salon, CNN.com, Entrepreneur, BUST, Bitch, The Bark, Yahoo, AOL, and more. My essays appear in several anthologies, including "P.S. What I Didn't Say: Unsent Letters to Our Female Friends" and "Single State of the Union: Single Women Speak Out on Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness." I live in Seattle with Buddy, my 80-pound lapdog. For more advice and dirt on the freelance life, visit me at www.anti9to5guide.com.