Creativity and business can sometimes seem like opposing forces, but that doesn’t have to be the case. I recently chatted with New York Real Estate broker, Lee Anderson, who talked me through his experience of that sweet spot where creative endeavour and thriving business become one. Q1. So, Lee, you combine a successful business with …
Month: November 2011
Just for fun…kinda…
You know it’s not the ideal freelancing job when the ad mentions: 1. Wording. 2. Wanting a quality writter. 3. We have a small budget, so please bare (sic) that in mind. 4. We’re a luxury magazine, seeking writers looking for exposure. 5. Payment in warm fuzzies. 6. Willing to split proceeds of word-beating novel …
A report in every storm
When your pipes leak, you get in a plumber. Need some handmade cupboards built? A carpenter’s your man or woman, guvnor. And if that manuscript of yours (or mine) isn’t quite cutting the mustard, where all the feedback is generally encouraging, but there’s still no cigar, who you gonna call? A manuscript assessment service, that’s …
An unexpected pleasure
The business of writing is very often a set of knowns combined with a small number of processes. You know what you’re pitching for, you know your capabilities, you know your aspirations and you know the payment you can look forward to if: a) you’re hired for the gig b) you deliver the goods Often …
Writer as entrepreneur
Apparently, the term entrepreneur was apparently first used by the French economist Jean-Baptiste Say. Where once this was synonymous with a contractor, who acted as the third part of the holy business with capital and labour, now it means much, much more. The entrepreneur controls – either directly or indirectly – the means of production, …
Straight Out of University
It’s my great pleasure to welcome a fellow West Country writer, Rosen Trevithick, to my blog. Here, amid a busy schedule for her recently published book, Straight Out of University, I turned the spotlight on her to learn more about her novel, food combining and fly paper. Can you tell us about your book and …
Eight types of client to avoid
A little list to be going on with. Eight types of client to avoid 1. The ones who don’t know what they want and say you’ll work it out together as you go along. 2. The ones who need three brand new samples on very specific subjects. 3. The ones who reply, “Rights? What rights?” …