Seth Godin Calls Artists.

About once a year, I read a book that fits exactly with how I am seeing the world and this year’s nominee is Seth Godin’s new release, Linchpin.

Seth is one of the most important business writers in the world today, he understands the power of new media better than anyone else, he understands how business [...]

Nope, No More Starving Artists.

Somehow, my journey has taken me away from writing about the “Creative Revolution” and I owe you an apology. Nothing in this blog is of more import than the changes going on in the world right now and the power of “right brainers” taking over the world. I’ve been reading a wonderful book about that [...]

What We Can Learn from Chef Ramsay

I confess! My guilty pleasure is a show on BBC America called, “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares”. If I’m home between 5 and 7 in the evening; I’m probably watching this Scottish chef/madmen help some hapless restaurant owner salvage his failing restaurant from sure financial ruin in just 7 days. Have you seen it? I’m fascinated by [...]

Rituals, New Habits and Your Goals

I just finished Mitch Albom’s wonderful new book, “Have a Little Faith” and I want to tell you, if you are having a few questions about spirituality, what life is about and where to go from here, I can’t recommend it highly enough. The story begins when Mitch, the author of Tuesday’s with Morrie, is [...]

Nestlings by Robin

Ok, I’m not just a male, I’m a GUY. You know what I mean? One of the pleasures of writing the Affluent Artist has been the education I’ve gotten about things that I would have never even considered as art, things that just don’t show up on the guy radar. Like, well, like QUILTS!! Quilts? [...]

Roth or Traditional IRA?

Here’s another slideshow from the category of “FInancial Stuff You’ve Just Got to Know”. A real simple explanation of a choice everyone expects you to know.

Converting to a Roth IRA

I’m going to try to post some videos every so often based on the section of  the Affluent Artist called Financial Stuff You’ve Just Got to Know. Today we’ll cover a very hot topic, converting to Roth IRA,

Editors and Suits

Professional writers get edited and as much as we like freedom of expression and like getting our words and guts out there on paper; we sometimes need a little help. Lucky artists find a friendly voice, someone who says, “I don’t think this is what you meant” and graciously helps us find our words again. [...]

99 Designs and Pop Culture…

Have you seen the website 99 Designs? My friend Jeff Civillico told me about this on line community the other day and I can’t decide if it is a really cool place to get design work done or another sign that all business models are falling apart. I’ll tell you more about that in  a [...]

Financial Independence and Irregular Incomes

Like many people who own their own businesses, creative people are faced with the issue of having an irregular income. How can you plan to save for the future when you aren’t sure what you’ll next check will be or how soon it will get here? It’s been my experience that a little planning and [...]