Creative professionals want some sense of financial security and total creative freedom. We want to be able to concentrate on our art (and lives) without constantly having to worry about money. We want to make money without having to compromise our artistic integrity or take on projects and jobs we loathe. We want to be…

Myth:  Once I hit it big, I am set for life.  Reality: The creative life is a series of ups and downs. It pays to save for the down times. Myth: Financial management is boring.  Reality: True enough. But when we are talking about your money, doesn’t it suddenly become more titillating? Thought so. Plus,…

For some strange reason, left brainers who write about the financial world tend to complicate things by using stupid formulas, silly terminology, and some really ridiculous ideas about what to do with your money. Why? My guess, to make themselves feel important and useful (and to make us feel like idiots and incapable of dealing…

This guide will change your life. I know that is quite a claim, but I assure you that it is not false advertising and there is no bait-and-switch. This is the real deal. Most books that you have read on this subject were probably okay. Maybe you read them and said, ‘that is nice’ and…

Money is like air – it’s not important until you don’t have any. I can’t force financial management on you any more than you could make a child take a nap when she doesn’t want to. This guide will tell you what to do to make and manage money (spend less than you earn, invest…

Oh Yes You Can!.  We will look at many myths about money, including the one that says that being creative means you are automatically incompetent when it comes to financial matters. RESPECT.  When you have a healthy respect for money, money will respect you too. You will learn how to earn it, then come to…

Your personality is one of your assets, so draw on your strenghts as a right brainer to create income opportunities and handle the business side of your creative endeavors Always remember you are unique… just like everybody else. Not all creative people are disorganized, distracted dreamers, guided by emotion and impulsiveness, making illogical and irrational…

Yes, we can be quite neurotic about money (and the lack thereof), and there is some downside to being a creative, right brained person, but it doesn’t have to mean disaster for your finances. Math Sucks. Math may not be your strongest subject if you are a creative profession, but it doesn’t necessarily give you…

With all this talk about being a right-brainer or a left-brainer, maybe you should see which half of your brain dominates your thinking when it comes to managing your money. Take a look at the two lists below and circle the traits that apply to you from each list. A.  Planner, saver, conservative, organized, practical,…

Don’t even try to deny it. You want it, need it, gotta have it. What is ‘it’? Money (and what money can buy – freedom). The only catch is, what are you willing to do to get it? Not many creative people like to discuss it, but we dream of what more money could mean…