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It’s been a crazy time at casa Barany. A pipe burst in a neighbor’s apartment two floors up about two weeks ago, and we’ve been displaced ever since. Luckily, everyone is okay — neighbors...
Author Career / Author Entrepreneur
by Beth Barany · Published December 13, 2018 · Last modified January 1, 2019
It’s been a crazy time at casa Barany. A pipe burst in a neighbor’s apartment two floors up about two weeks ago, and we’ve been displaced ever since. Luckily, everyone is okay — neighbors...
artist entrepreneur / Author Career / Author Entrepreneur
by Beth Barany · Published August 22, 2018 · Last modified August 28, 2018
How do you get a roadmap as an artist entrepreneur, a colleague asked me recently. I wanted to say that there’s no roadmap for that because you’re unique and you probably don’t want to...
Author Career / Author Marketing
by Beth Barany · Published August 8, 2018 · Last modified August 7, 2018
“Learning the business side of selling your art is hard,” they say. An artist can’t learn business. An artist doesn’t want to learn how to do business. Their personality isn’t suited for business, and...
artist entrepreneur / Author Career / Author Entrepreneur
by Beth Barany · Published June 22, 2018 · Last modified July 2, 2018
I’m looking for a Project Manager who can do a work trade for a creative entrepreneur. Perfect for someone who wants to build a creative business, enjoys reading fiction and watching movies, is an...
Author Career / Author Entrepreneur / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published December 22, 2017 · Last modified December 21, 2017
So you’ve read my first blog about hiring a VA – and you’ve figured out what you need them to do. You’ve made your list and checked it umpteenth times. Now you’re ready for the next steps!
Author Career / inspiration / video / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published April 8, 2016 · Last modified April 6, 2016
In my live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, I chatted with PJ Ferguson, founder of the Be Happy Now Club and author of The Shortcut to Happiness. We discussed setting boundaries, time management tools, scheduling, to-do...
Author Career / Author Entrepreneur / video
by Beth Barany · Published March 26, 2016 · Last modified March 25, 2016
In my weekly live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, I interviewed Heather on the foundations of building a creative business — space to create and systems — plus answered your questions and gave away her...
In my weekly live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, Kristen Caven and I chatted about about the challenges of working cross-platform and the joys of creative exploration, collaboration, and conversation about the multitude of technologies...
Author Career / Writer Wellness
by Beth Barany · Published September 9, 2014 · Last modified September 8, 2014
For writers: Simple self-care steps to cultivate habits of presence, ease and joy. Presented by my Right-Brain Business Plan cohort, Sheila Pai. Hello dear writers! Do you put others first and find yourself on empty...
As a novelist building a career, do you ever feel that you are shouting into the wind? That you’re clawing up a slippery muddy mountain? That you’re paddling upriver in a whitewater rapids? I...
Enjoy this short interview with Leslie Nipps and I, Beth Barany, on my upcoming October 2014 course on preparing your novel for Nanowrimo. More information and to sign up here: http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/ Follow me on...
New series! For the month of August, and now into September, I practice in the real world via video, sharing with you my journey as a creative entrepreneur. It is both a big risk and...
Audio / Author Career / Author Entrepreneur / video / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published August 15, 2014 · Last modified August 29, 2014
New series! I am committing to sharing a weekly video for the next while, at least for the month of August, where I practice in the real world, sharing with you my journey as...
Author Career / Author Entrepreneur / video
by Beth Barany · Published August 8, 2014 · Last modified September 5, 2014
New series! I am committing to sharing a weekly video for the next while, at least for the month of August, where I practice in the real world, sharing with you my journey as...
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