I had a teleconference with my business mentor, Elge Premeau, today. I told her about all the authors I’ve connected to on Twitter since I spoke with her last week. She said, “Well, those would be your end users, but you need to research publishing houses.” She suggested I turn my Twitter list into individual lists that people can follow if they want, so Continue reading
Earlier this evening, Jared Souza gave me a watercolor and ink drawing that he’s done for my new logo. I would love to be able to show it to you all, but unfortunately a certain bunny, whose name is going to be Hasenpfeffer when Daddy gets home, chewed through Continue reading
I think it’s been about a year since I had a laptop. When mine died I couldn’t afford to get a new one. (I don’t use credit cards!) I have been saving for one, and I have enough saved up now to buy one. I’ll need one to take with me when Mark and I take our act on the road. I’ve been giving some thought to what features I’d like my new laptop to have, and here is Continue reading
I had a 45 minute call with my business mentor, Elge Premeau, today. She was very pleased with my web site and my blog. She’s going to try to help Jamey (my technical administrator) figure out how to make this an RSS feed so I won’t have to e-mail everyone Continue reading
I have a friend named Jared Souza who has been working on the illustrations for a comics miniseries called Sparrow & Crowe. His wife, Jade, is one of my best friends. They have three children, and the family is about to go to California for the summer to spend time with relatives.
When I decided to turn my dream of becoming a freelancer into reality, I was a little bit scared and a lot overwhelmed. I knew there were lots of things I needed to learn about running a business. As a former librarian, I have a pretty good idea how to find information. I had already read books on the subject, but I wanted to talk to people who are doing it and learn from them.