Friday Finds: Resources for Effective Author Outreach

Hey there, happy Friday! I hope you've had a great week. Mine was pretty busy, including posting flyers for a local author event yesterday, attending a standing-room-only civil rights lecture, and doing some email marketing research.

I'm hoping to have some weekend downtime to test out this week's #FridayFinds. After you read about these babies, I'm sure you'll see where I'm coming from.

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Money Monday: Why Writers and Freelancers, Now More than Ever, Need Personal Finance Advice That’s Actually Personal

These considerations aren’t just esoteric ones in 2017. They are especially important now, with the NEA, NEH, and IMLS on the chopping block in the proposed 2018 budget.

While they can’t singlehandedly solve these problems, I still feel that financial education and financial literacy, areas of knowledge that are often lacking for creative professionals, are key.

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