My Self-Employed Life

I am old enough to remember a life before Facebook and Twitter, a life before the internet. I remember taking my film to a 1-day shop to get developed. I remember long phone calls and writing letters. I remember exchanging mix tapes with friends in the mail. I remember that worlds and histories were contained […]

Six years ago, I was trying to find a way to leave my full-time job to consult part-time and work on my creative business. I had no clue how I would do it – or even what I would consult on. I just knew what my target consulting rate and hours were. Three years later,

After last week’s post about the figuring out the best ways and places to sell my work, a few people directed me to information about selling wholesale. But they didn’t realize that I’ve sold wholesale before – and in a big way. From 2000-2004, I had a wholesale stationery business. I sold nationally, to stores

I’ve been selling on Etsy for five years now. When I first started, buyers magically came to me. They’d do a quick search, or one of my items would land on the front page, and voila – I had a sale! I suspect bloggers would look for content this way, too, because I would get