
Grow
How To Take Your Do It Yourself Project and Passion to the Next Level and Quit Your Job
Eleanor Whitney(Author)
Microcosm Publishing
Published on 1. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-62106-007-9 (ISBN)
Description
Grow: How to Take Your DIY Project and Passion to the Next Level and Quit Your Job is a practical field guide for creative people with great ideas for independent projects who want to achieve success and sustainability. Drawing on her years of experience helping people succeed with do-it-yourself projects based in independent publishing, music, food, art, craft, activism, and community work, Eleanor Whitney empowers you to clarify your vision, get organized, set goals, create a plan, raise funds, market, and manage your do-it-yourself project. The book is full of real-life inspiration and creative business advice from successful, independent businesses owners and creative people with projects that began in the do-it-yourself spirit.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62106-007-9 (9781621060079)
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Person
Eleanor C. Whitney is a writer, editor, and content marketer. She is the author of Riot Woman, a collection of feminist essays examining the impact of the Riot Grrrl movement, and Quit Your Day Job, a business workbook for creative people, in addition to her most recent books, Promote Your Book and Promote Your Book Workbook. Throughout her career she has worked to build communities, education programs, and content strategy at museums, art organizations, and tech startups, including the Brooklyn Museum and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Hailing from Maine, she divides her time between Brooklyn and the Mojave Desert. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Queens College, a master's in public administration from Baruch College, and a BA in cultural studies from Eugene Lang College. She enjoys playing guitar and bass, walking around the desert, and lifting heavy things.