5 Valuable Lessons I Learned From Crappy Day Jobs
I may have cast aside the workaday life to be a writer, but I can’t deny the value of the minimum wage jobs I worked for 8 years through high school and college before I knew that I would do that. With...
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You Don’t Have Free Time
Trying to hack it on my own, I have quickly realized that, to a freelancer or solopreneur, what feels like “free” time is really just time between projects. Even if you have left your schedule...
View ArticleYou’re an Artist, god dammit! Be Professional.
One difficulty in making your art your business is that often there are not clear-cut rules for how to act in that business. Norms kind of get thrown out the window when your greatest strength is your...
View ArticleDon’t Forget to Talk About Money
Oh, I hate doing this! I hate haggling, quoting, asking for more, offering less. I hate money, and I wish that I didn’t have to deal with it. But I do. Every day. I am a business. I offer a service, I...
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Q&A with Craig Follett, CEO of Uniiverse
I was recently introduced to the new collaborative marketplace Uniiverse by a friend who works with the company’s San Francisco office. Launched on February 7, Uniiverse is a platform meant to enable...
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Punk Rock Comedy – A Conversation with Kyle Kinane (part 1)
Stefan and I sat down with Kyle Kinane last spring to get the comic’s take on the business. The Chicago native has made his bones in the industry without compromising his dedication to the art, or his...
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To Meet Your Goals, Surround Yourself with Go-Getters
From Dana: This is a guest post by Alexis Grant, originally published at her blog The Traveling Writer . Alexis is an entrepreneurial writer, digital strategist and author of How I Surpassed My Day Job...
View ArticleThe Reality of This Artists’ Life
We’re poor. Stefan and I live check to elusive check on the road and drive a used car from city to city where we sleep on couches and eat minimalist meals. I write all of these blog posts and books on...
View Article5 Tips for Freelancing Success [slideshow]
If you want to succeed in freelancing, you have to treat your career like the business it is. Here are 5 tips to help you do that, plus my Magic Formula for freelancing success! Click to Tweet this...
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Why and How to Build a Community of Support for Your Writing Career
From Dana: This is a guest post from Jennifer Dunn, whom I connected with through the fabulous Careful Cents Freelancers Club. Jennifer owns Social Street Media and specializes in blogging and content...
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