Freelancers talk career-building, career-struggling, saving money, and more. Our reading picks for this week:

**Freelance-spirational: **How one writer built her career.

Stats: Working from home makes you more productive.

**Freelance Life: **What to do when freelancing becomes a roadblock to finding full-time work.

**Cool: **Canadians get together for freelance camp.

**$$$ Lessons: **One freelancer's thoughts on frugality and saving for her transition to self-employment.

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