Archive | September 2013

A picture book illustrator’s beginnings

The paths people take to find the work they love always interest me. Sometimes what may not have been all that much fun early in a career turns out in retrospect to be valuable training for what comes later. Jon Klassen, an animator who is best known as the author and illustrator of the picture...
Sleep your way to the top

Sleep your way to the top

I knew that would catch your attention. Of course, it takes on new meaning if we’re talking about entrepreneurs who work for a company of one. If you’re a freelancer, one big problem you face is keeping your morale up, says Diana Schneidman, a freelance marketing writer based in Illinois. She should know. Schneidman started...