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If you consider yourself a working artist, you're likely a starving artist. If you're starving, it's very likely your own damn fault. Do you want to do something about it? Excellent! Read on. ...

Make magazine recently posted 10 tips for "The Care and Feeding of Ideas." Some are good reminders; all are practical. ...

With the change in the seasons, New York-based creativity coach Melissa Rosatti shares her tips for both reflecting on your marketing efforts this past year and preparing for a fruitful new year. ...

Writer's Digest has compiled a list of the top 15 "secret" expectations, customs, and norms that aspiring writers tend to violate when working with editors. Have you broken any of these basic-but-unwritten rules of professionalism and common courtesy? ...

Nonprofit organizations that are at risk of losing their tax exemption can preserve their status by filing returns by Oct. 15, 2010. Here are 10 important facts. ...

Here are seven things every business owner should know about hiring people as independent contractors versus hiring them as employees. ...

Maintaining good records now in late-summer can greatly reduce your stress come tax-time next March and April. Here are some tips you can use to make sure your business and personal financial records are organized. ...

What can business owners learn from disaster survivors? Plenty, especially about the perils of lack of preparedness, mental paralysis when faced with extreme fear, and inability to recover from the inevitable set-backs. ...

All in the name of DIY business education and inspired by Josh Kaufman's "Personal MBA" blog, I'm starting to post summaries of business and self-improvement books I read. ...

Many of us are living close to our financial limit these days. This makes building a comfortable cash reserve all the more important. If you've always wanted to strengthen your savings account, but have lacked a simple how-to, read on. ...