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Archive for December, 2008

2008: Looking Back

Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I got inspired by a fellow writer’s blog post on her top five things from 2008 ( http://sherionwriting.blogspot.com/). So I’m going to derail from my “how starving artists can buy a house” series to reflect a bit, and post about some of the highlights of my 2008. 1) 2008 was about finding balance between my writing life [...]

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Home Sweet Office: The Home Studio

Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The work-at-home artist has a particularly challenging job when looking for new digs. You have to think about all the things everyone else has to worry about – how soon after the purchase the furnace will self-destruct, when was the roof put on, what is that funny-smelling green stuff in the basement, and how much is it going to cost [...]

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Home Sweet Home: Buying a House

Posted in Freelancing, tagged on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Buying a house sits right there on the top of virtually every American’s dream list. For the self-employed creative, it can be a daunting process (and we’ll talk about mortgages and other icky business issues in another post). But today, I’m thinking about the process of choosing a house, and I’ve come up with the idea [...]

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The Office Christmas Party

Posted in Creative Communities, tagged , on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m sure many freelancers would agree that NOT having to attend a mandatory office Christmas party is one of the GOOD things about working for yourself….  So, when a couple of weeks ago, David asked me if I wanted to have an office Christmas party, I looked at him as if he had grown two heads. He [...]

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Black Friday Jam

Posted in Music, Performing, tagged on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I can’t think of anything worse than setting foot inside a store — any store — the weekend after Thanksgiving. To me, Black Friday is an idiocy; I don’t care if they’re GIVING HDTVs away; I’m not going. So I’m part of another, different tradition: A group of us get together to play and perform music.  Thanksgiving [...]

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