This week we welcome back Annie Harris for another guest blog – a continuation in exploring how a 20-something emerging artist juggles her creative projects and her limited finances and finds creative freedom through sound money management. Over to Annie….. ——————————————— In my view, I’m getting old. I’m at the ripe old age of 23 […]
Discussing Risk Doesn’t Mean Avoiding Risk
We’ve been digging into financial management lately, which implies being careful, being thrifty, counting beans. Is this important? Yes, but let’s not allow it to distract us from a basic truth – being both a creative and being an entrepreneur involves taking risks. Don’t think that I am suggesting you shouldn’t take risks. To stop […]
Guest Blog: Let the Numbers Tell the Story
We welcome back A. L. Michaels who catches us up on how her money diet is going… ———————————————————– Numbers tell a story, and as a writer, that’s the only thing that’s getting me through this necessary reigning in of my spending. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not an extravagant spender by any means (though I’m […]
Guest Post: The Power of the ‘Starving Artist’ Cliché
We’re happy to welcome back A. L. Michael for another of her excellent and refreshingly honest guest posts – this time it’s a bang-on-theme post about money. Enjoy. ———————————————– After a good while of being a self-employed artist, and with having to fill out my first tax form looming (and having lost my accounts book!), […]
Is Making MORE Money the Answer?
I’ll be honest with you – I took it pretty easy this summer. (Other than producing the July 30 Day Challenge! 🙂 ) I was away in Canada for part of it and other periods I took time for some good old R&R enjoying the fantastic summer weather in England this year. It was glorious. […]