Making a Living as an Artist (and Staying Inspired) in a Jaded World with Johnny B. Truant

Johnny B. Truant has written over 100 books, one of which (Fat Vampire) became a SyFy Network TV show. He also writes and podcasts about creative inspiration at JohnnyBTruant.com . Top 3 Value Bombs 1. You can manufacture your own success dollar by dollar. 2. The statement, "The best reason to write is for free." means imagining a situation where nobody gets your art, or have nothing good to say, and still creating your art. 3. We think that children are too naive to know how jaded the world is. But we can do that too by dropping a lot of the artificial stuff we have placed on top of ourselves. Check out Johnny's Website - Johnny B Truant Website Sponsors HubSpot : Starting your year off strong and accomplishing goals like increasing revenue and faster growth starts with the right selling tools. And for that, there's the all new Sales Hub from HubSpot! Head to HubSpot.com/sales to try it for free! Ziprecruiter : Let ZipRecruiter help you conquer the biggest hiring challenge: finding qualified candidates. Just go to this exclusive web address right now to try ZipRecruiter for free! ZipRecruiter.com/fire . NetSuite : Download NetSuite's popular KPI Checklist absolutely free - designed to give you consistently excellent performance - at NetSuite.com/fire !