Quit Your Day Job: Build the DIY Project, Life, and Business of Your Dreams (Good Life) - Softcover

Eleanor C. Whitney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1621061159 ISBN 13: 9781621061151

Publisher: Microcosm Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

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 organised, set goals, create a plan, raise funds, market, and manage your do-it-yourself projects. 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.

About this title

About the Author

Eleanor C. Whitney is a feminist writer, musician, and editor living in Brooklyn. She has built community and content strategy for startups and arts organizations including Axiom, Managed by Q, Dev Bootcamp, Shapeways, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her first book, Grow, is a practical field guide for managing a creative business. She's currently working on her next book, Riot Woman, a collection of feminist essays, and is the host of a podcast of the same name. She loves to punch out her writer's block at her local boxing gym.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1621061159
• ISBN 13: 9781621061151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128