Just like that – through blood, sweat and tears,
You created your masterpiece.
Requiring a fight with fears,
fire in the belly appeased.
Fruits of your labor delivered,
joy in the making guaranteed –
the true reward: time was slivered.
You did it! Flawed as it may be.
As my illustrators get to work, I want to apprise you of two valuable resources for self-publishing and entrepreneurship – especially if you’re a teacher – but for everyone.
Tip #1: Fiverr.com– Here, you can find every possible digital need: marketing, video animation, programming, singer-songwriters and translation work. Each gig starts at $5. You can also sell your services here.
Here is what you see when you browse for “Cartoon & Caricatures”:
You can communicate with artists before making a decision. All you need to do is agree upon a deadline and price and then wait. I used an artist who lives in Germany. I just needed cover art for a short story and she did a fantastic job…for $5! Providers are given reviews to hold them accountable for delivery time and customer satisfaction.
Tip #2: Especially for teachers – is TeachersPayTeachers.com Here, you can find high-quality lesson plans and activities for your grade level and subject matter. Almost all material has been created by teachers. Again, providers are reviewed by customers and everyone strives to attain a 4.0. There are teachers on this site who are so good, that their pay from TpT equals or exceeds their teacher salary!
Here is the Halloween page:
Selling your work is free and easy. They have ample tutorials and advice to help you be successful. If you sell a lot, it’s recommended that you go to “premium” status, which costs you about $60/year, but you’ll get a higher percent of your sales.
Here’s the breakdown for getting paid via PayPal and Dwolla:
Here’s to creating, learning, teaching and prospering!
The final tip Daniel Pink offers in his book Drive is to Create Your Own Motivational Poster. I know, it sounds lame, but I played around with it and it’s incredibly fun.
Try these sites:
http://bighugelabs.com/motivator.php
I made my Kismet poster using bighugelabs.com. It was very easy.
Try it!
Right now, television shows and movies misrepresent people of color
for the most part
It’s not multi-colored or rainbow, like reality
it’s sepia – pretty black and white, with shades in between
not reality
we need more colors and shapes
we need more reality
we need to see people of color
being people….of color
Time to stop complaining
and do something about it
Get out there and start CREATING
instead of WAITING
What if you added this to today’s goals:
“….with presence and care.”
For example, “Today, I will attend present at the sales meeting with presence and care.”
Or,
“I will work with my subcontractors to complete this project with presence and care.”
I believe you will see a difference in how your day goes, for the better.
My daughter Josie (often the illustrator for my blog), created this clay dog tonight with presence and care.
Cool, huh?
Stuck?
Are you writing? Acting? Creating? Working?
What you are producing is coming through you. It’s not of you.
Leave your ego out of it.
Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Let it come through. Have fun with it.
Whenever we are out and about, Josie will spot a hole-in-the-wall pseudo-Asian restaurant with a neon sign advertising “Teriyaki”. She inevitably exclaims, “Teriyaki, mom! Please? Let’s try that place?” She loves teriyaki chicken so much, she once told me she had a dream that she was eating it and when she work up, she was smacking her lips.
The last time I relented, she said:
“Is there a place called Teriyaki? Because if there is, I’m SO going there.”
