Selling Your Art Means Selling Yourself
That can present lots of challenges. Photo by Ryan Plomp on Unsplash When you sell things, because of human nature, you’re also selling yourself. Part of what entices people to…
Create Stuff or Make Money? Why Not Both?
This is an age-old conundrum. Photo by Ilse Orsel on Unsplash There is a long-standing, age-old belief in the world that being a professional artist of any sort doesn’t pay.…
Why Is Marketing My Art So Challenging?
I’ve done a lot of marketing, but marketing myself is difficult. Photo by Adem AY on Unsplash In case this hasn’t been made abundantly clear over the last few years,…
How Do I Reconcile the Creative Process with My Brand?
Being an indie-author requires being a brand and business, too. Photo by Hannah Olinger on Unsplash Not so long ago, the only way to publish a book and make money…
New Experience – I Can’t CONtain my excitement!
Attending Farpoint con this weekend will be a very new experience. The poster for my table at the con. If you are reading this as it posts – I am…
Is There Something Valuable Offered to the World in my Writing?
I believe that my writing offers something valuable on various levels. Photo by Matthew LeJune on Unsplash The things that we do all have value to someone. Sometimes they value…
When Selling My Books, Am I Actually Selling Myself?
To some degree – yes, Selling myself is part of the branding process. I am in the process of completing the 4th and final novel of the current story arc…
How do I Sell More Books?
Is there a point where I decide I can’t sell more books and quit? Photo by Noralí Nayla on Unsplash It’s been about a year since I began to completely…
There Is No One True Way
This article explores how there is no One True Way to do virtually everything.
Art and Money
Learning not to be afraid of money and its relationship to your art. When you do a hobby, it is entirely for your own edification. You do the thing you…