how to get started when you don’t know what you want to do
I got an email from Anna with a common question. Sometimes this question speaks up loud & clear, as it did to Anna. And other times it shows up as a never-ending quest of research, consulting, and false starts. Anna wants to know what she should do if she wants to make Art her life [...]

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3 BIG mistakes to avoid with your creative biz blog
Wednesday, I posted an exceptionally brief post on when to stop reading a blog. The gist was that, if you’re not getting something out of reading a blog, it’s a waste of your time. My hope was that you stopped to think a bit whether you truly provide something of use with your own blog. [...]

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Review: 2 New Resources for Business Success!
From two completely different ends of the business success spectrum, I bring you not one, but two great resources! CMBA Business Growth Planner Last week, Megan told me she was in the final stages of a snazzy Business Growth Planner. She wanted to create something that would help people FAST – and be ridiculously affordable: [...]

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new site design :: back to curly
I recently completed this site redesign for Chai at Back to Curly. And, gasp – this isn’t an art or craft site! Chai sent me a vintage picture that she loved and a few sites that she liked the design of. Then set me loose! The picture had such an amazing color scheme and was [...]

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it’s a blogger’s life for me!
if you blog, you probably know the feeling that comes from participating in an activity only to think, “this will make a great blog post!” i was struck by this new york times article about people who photograph everything they eat. not all are bloggers, but the idea is the same. documenting life has become [...]

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