Foreword by Paul and Sarah Edwards
Authors of Working from Home and Why Aren’t You Your Own Boss?

It would seem that working from home would come to us naturally. We have all done school assignments at home; most salaried employees do at least some after-hours work at home, and then there’s home management – writing checks, preparing taxes, and handling email – that’s work, too. When we began working at home in 1974, we quickly realized that it presented us with some new challenges we hadn’t run into before.

We searched for information everywhere – bookstores, the Small Business Administration, magazines. What little we could find written for “small businesses” didn’t fit. We didn’t need lessons about store location or hiring salespeople and other employees.

Back in those days, there were no personal computers and Internet for quickly researching the answers to our problems. Thus we had a learning curve and made our share of mistakes, like when a neighbor came by with something to tell us about homeowner association restrictions. People began to ask us about how we did it – they loved the idea of working at home. So we decided to write a how-to book for what we believed would be a rapidly growing number of people who wanted to work from home.

Because we love doing things together even though we had different at home careers (Sarah, a psychotherapist and Paul, a political consultant), we decided to write the book together. Now fifteen books later, we can honestly say that working from home and working together has helped us to create a simple and good life for ourselves.

Working From Home was the first of a series of books in which we’ve covered many key aspects of self-employment and working from home. Yet along comes Kristie Tamsevicius with her own viewpoint, raising issues that are worth knowing about and considering.

For example, Kristie tells you how to:

Kristie has provided a practical and useful book for navigating the home business waters.

Like us, Kristie is committing her working life to supporting the growth and development of home-based businesses. It’s refreshing and inspiring to see her commitment and willingness to share her insights to help other people make it on their won.

Working from home is a good life, and soon you will share it, too.

Paul & Sarah Edwards
January 2003