How to Be an Artist Without Losing Your Mind, Your Shirt, or Your Creative Compass: A Practical Guide

Whether you're a new graduate, considering a job change, or a creative type who isn't finding time to pursue your passions, don't fall for this line: "Do what you love and the money will follow." The world is full of starving artists, but you don't need to starve financially to thrive artistically. Author JoAnneh Nagler wants you to welcome your creativity and continue to make art--but to do so with a plan. In this groundbreaking book, she provides step-by-step strategies to teach writers, sculptors, painters, musicians, designers, and other artists how tohave a well-supported, well-lived life--and make art at the same time.

Learn how to:

• Answer your own artistic callings and get to your art work
• Give up starving and struggling and build a supported, creative daily life
• Manage time, money, and day jobs with easy-to-learn, simple tools
• Develop rock-solid creative work ethics and motivational skills

No matter what kind of creative person you are, this book has the tools you need to live the life you've always wanted to live--right now, and for your whole life long.

Author: JoAnneh Nagler
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 05/01/2016
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781581573671

About the Author
Nagler, Joanneh: - JoAnneh Nagler is an artist, musician, writer, and life coach who has worked to seamlessly fit her artistic endeavors with her own lifestyle. She is the author of The Debt-Free Spending Plan and has been featured in The New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and other online and print publications.