Mighty Ugly

I just finished reading the second book in an eventual trilogy that's already, in its unfinished state, found company amongst the most epic, popular and influential fantasy series of all time. The series is the Kingkiller Chronicle, by Patrick Rothfuss, and in addition to being a thoroughly engrossing story, it hits on some larger...
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My mind is still reeling after the Hello Etsy conference last weekend, and I'll be writing quite a bit about it in coming days. Etsy has put several of the talks from a variety of conference venues up on Livestream, and there's a wealth of solid, inspiring, thought-provoking information in them. As I write...
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I can't wait to leave for Portland tomorrow for that city's instalment of the Hello Etsy conference. The main conference is in Berlin this weekend, and several American cities are hosting their own creative small-business conference at the same time. I was very excited and flattered to have been invited to pitch a session for the...
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A frequent discussion topic in the creative business world has cycled back around, and I want to chime in with a couple examples from my own experience. The topic is doing work for free (with the assumption it'll pay eventually) versus only doing work for pay. This round of discussion was sparked by Jenny over...
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I'm really psyched to have had the opportunity to write a bit of a guide to making a Mighty Ugly creature for the CRAFT blog. I mean, it's CRAFT! And I got to sit for an afternoon and make and photograph an ugly creature! Fun times. So if you've been listening to me blather about...
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Have I mentioned that I'm getting back into Mighty Ugly? Since I'm back to, you know, fairly full cognitive functioning now that Owen's almost six months old, I'm back to thinking a lot more about my favourite project. Something that excites me very much is that Mighty Ugly will be at one of Portland's Etsy...
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