articles for creative lives & businesses

An Open Letter to Simon Birmingham

Dearest Simon Birmingham, I thought perhaps I’d wait until I found a moment of internal calm to write you a letter opposing your proposed funding cuts to arts education here in Australia, but seriously I don’t think I’m going to get calm. I keep re-reading all the...

How to make money from your art

How to make money from your art

So you want to get paid for your art?! Awesome, we need more of you out there! Here are 5 things you need to keep in mind when going from hobby to professional and slapping a price tag on your creative work.    Be professional Make sure your goods and services...

When Inspiration Doesn’t Strike

  “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” Pablo Picasso There has long been a myth around creative people only working when inspiration strikes in frenzies of creativity. These mythical creative people sit around waiting for the next bolt of...

On Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway

  Some people are born with an unshakable belief in themselves. My partner tells a story of when his band was starting out. He decided he wanted to be represented by one of the best agencies in Sydney at the time. For a band at his level (even though in his own mind...

Content Creation for Creatives Made Easy

Increasing the helpful content on your website is something that Google loves when deciding whether or not to send people to your website. Google loves it because your fans, your audience and all those customers you’re hoping to reach love it too. A creative part of...

Lateral Solutions to Save Your Time and Sanity

Lateral Solutions to Save Your Time and Sanity

I often bang on about outsourcing because for me it has been a total game changer. We have 5 kids and with no extended family nearby to ease the load and 3 businesses to run we have been forced to think laterally about how we manage our enourmous work and life load. A...