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Thrive as a Starving Writer--Lessons from the Experts

Posted August 25, 2009 - 12:02 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Frugal Living

The web is full of advice for starving writers. And why not? Any writer has heard the advice "Write what you know," and one thing many writers know is about being a starving writer. Oddly, most of their advice is on writing. A couple of truly great writers, though, have left us advice on the much more important topic of not starving.

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Calling all Artists: Be Your Own Cheerleader and Find that Room of Your Own (free)

Posted October 5, 2008 - 21:02 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

DIY, Budgeting, Art and Leisure

Virginia Woolf famously said that women needed a ‘room of one’s own’ in order to create. But what if you didn’t graduate from the University of Iowa with the New Yorker wanting to print any word you breathe? What if you dropped out of art school? What if you aren’t quite on the grant track yet? What can you do to find that room cheap or free? And what if you aren’t really sure whether you are any good?

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