I look at a lot of artists' websites and in my meanderings around the corners of cyberspace I have found that there are some issues that come up again and again. I would say that there are a core of common mistakes on some of these websites, all of which…
How do you define being a real artist? Are you a real artist if you have a day job? Are you a real artist if your primary source of income is not from your art? Many artists definition of success rest solely on being able to support themselves entirely from…
Do you ever find yourself looking for more information than you need? Do you catch yourself reading and reading (and clicking and clicking) and never taking action? Are you caught in analysis paralysis? Always continually getting ready, making plans, trying to figure it all out in your head so that…
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron is a well-known book on the subject of creativity and living the artist’s life. The book was first published in 1992 and is still well read today. I read it somewhere around 1999 when I first started to explore what it means to be…
“Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die." - Alfred Lord Tennyson Are you ready…
Social media for artists can be fun, a great way to network and spread the word about your art to the world and enjoy new collaborations. It can also be a terrifying time sink of gargantuan proportions of the kind where you wake up on Saturday morning and realize you…
Do you want to know the top 5 money making art blogs of all time? Do you want your art career to totally kick ass? Are you ready to start really making some money with your art? Then you must read these top 5 blogs of mine. Making money is…
"I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." -Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) It's been estimated by psychologists that during the course of a normal day the human brain will produce around 60,000 thoughts. And…
Do you have mental blocks to creative thinking? Whether you’re trying to solve a tough problem, start a business, get attention for that business or write an interesting article, creative thinking is crucial. The process boils down to changing your perspective and seeing things differently than you currently do. People…
If you haven’t seen it, Daniel Lyons, a talented blogger known for two years as “Fake Steve Jobs,” has an editorial that explains why none of us can make money blogging. Big traffic, no money. Fake Steve Jobs’ best month came with a traffic spike. His actual identity was revealed…
