If you're a writer, author or blogger you are a business owner!

This podcast by Carol Topp, CPA will help you understand the business side of writing.

This podcast was recorded at the International Business of Writing Summit in Louisville, Kentucky in 2014.

Topics covered in this podcast include:

* Business structures, especially LLC status for your business

* Hobby  writing

* Start up expenses and how to deduct them

* Using a Doing Business As (DBA) fictitious name

Here's a handout of the slides.

Podcast host Carol Topp mentions her book, Business Tips and Taxes for Writers. Get a copy here.

In the next episode of the Dollars and Sense podcast, Carol will finish this workshop on business tips for writers and share tips on record keeping, taxes, and software.