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Recap: How to manage a creative career – it’s possible to do this for a living!

August 31, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Making art is not the same thing as making a living.

Many creative people struggle with this.

But there are ways of managing a creative career  to keep yourself fed, happy, solvent and fulfilled without having to ‘sell out.’ It largely comes down to planning. A sustainable, long-term creative career is one that is planned. You can do it too.

Here’s some posts to help you on the way:

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