Check out this interview I did with MartyRomero of They Call Me Marty, this site has some great interviews on it and I’m happy to be a part of it! :) I am interested in growing their business—some clients get really excited about this and we form a strong client/designer bond… some people just want [...]

“I own and operate a one-woman design studio.” “I own and operate a one-woman design studio,” that is part of my elevator speech, when people outside of the freelance community ask what I do – this is usually what I tell them. As time goes on, I steer further away from using the word “freelance”, [...]

Hello everyone! I started this wild idea that got into my head near the end of 2009 — to take the last 2+ years of blog posts that I have written about the lessons I’ve learned on my freelance journey and compile, edit and expand on them to create a comprehensive ebook that can help [...]

Many of you may already know that I spent my weekend flipping through books, talking to artists and meeting Sci-Fi celebrities at the annual Seattle geekfest known as the Emerald City Comicon* . It was a really fun weekend and extremely inspiring! As many of you who are creatives, you might relate to this, except [...]

One of my best friends, who I met in art school is setting out on the adventure to become a freelance illustrator. She invited me out for some dinner and drinks last week to get some advice and ask a few questions. She had some concerns about finances, legalees, and marketing — the stuff that even [...]

Is there a quote that get’s you inspired in business? Something you think about when you need a little kick or when you are trying to give someone else a little kick? I got to thinking about this after the Yoda quote I thew out was noted in the latest Making The Transition post on [...]

The word “freelancer” has a bit of a stigma attached to it for the people outside of the freelance world. There’s a number of misconceptions about what kind of people we are and kind of business we do. True, I don’t have a time clock to punch when I start my work day and I [...]

2009 is coming to a close and it’s been a great year! I have successfully survived my 2nd year of freelancing and blogging. I want to first take a moment to thank all of you for reading and subscribing, thank you to my sponsors and to the companies that hosted some of the awesome giveaways [...]

It’s Day #8! Today was supposed to be our launch, but things have been pushed back to tomorrow morning. My end of the work is done, so I’m really just waiting now so that I can finally talk about what it is that my client is doing, cause it’s pretty bad ass! I had some [...]

It is day #7! Recorded this video this afternoon – trying to pump things up a bit today, I think the last couple videos have been slowing dowwwnnn.. SO – Today I talk about best practices when rushing a job. Honesty is always the best policy! Let your other clients know what is going on [...]