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HUSTLE FILE #99: Sacha Pytka
NAME: Sacha Pytka OCCUPATION: Sometimes fashion designer, sometimes travel blogger LOCATION: Venice Beach WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: Quite simply seeing the world and sharing it. WHAT DOES YOUR HUSTLE MEAN TO YOU: I caught the travel bug young, traveling with my … Continue reading
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HUSTLE FILE #97: Ana Ottman
NAME: Ana Ottman OCCUPATION: Writer LOCATION: The top of a hill in Echo Park, Los Angeles WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: Wrangling words into prose. Creating space for creative exploration and travel. WHAT DOES YOUR HUSTLE MEAN TO YOU: Getting paid to … Continue reading
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Racing in the Strawberry Fields Whatever
Happy Friday, friends! Let me take you down, cuz I’m going to (and I’m featured on) Strawberry Fields Whatever… Rad writer friend and HUSTLE FILE #81 Elizabeth Barker recently asked me to take part in a survey on her fresh … Continue reading
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HUSTLE FILE #95: Justin Gakuto Go
NAME: Justin Gakuto Go OCCUPATION: Writer LOCATION: Transient. Usually in the US or Europe. WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: I write novels. But you don’t hustle writing. It hustles you. If you’re lucky maybe you get back something in return. WHAT DOES … Continue reading
HUSTLE FILE #93: Minel Louis
NAME: Minel Louis OCCUPATION: Actor/Writer/Producer LOCATION: Melbourne/Sydney/Los Angeles WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: Actor in film, TV and stage. I’m also, in no particular order, a professional fairy, writer, producer and F1 Princess. WHAT DOES YOUR HUSTLE MEAN TO YOU: Trying to … Continue reading
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Lost in Fascination (with Stationery)
Ahhh Tokyo… the land of hot sake and lots of way-too-cute stationary! As a writer, I get most excited about shopping around and seeing all of the cool notebooks, pens, stationery, stickers and paper goods. From overly ornate to simple, … Continue reading
HUSTLE FILE #91: Lesley Arfin
NAME: Lesley Arfin OCCUPATION: Writer LOCATION: Los Angeles WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: Screenwriting, looking good, working hard. WHAT DOES YOUR HUSTLE MEAN TO YOU: Feeling good on the inside. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONLY THREE TOOLS FOR YOUR HUSTLE, WHAT WOULD … Continue reading
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HUSTLE FILE #90: Sarah Anne Hartzog
NAME: Sarah Anne Hartzog OCCUPATION: Jewelry Designer LOCATION: Los Angeles WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: After almost 10 years in the fashion industry, I bailed and started Hartfield in 2011. My first collection is for Spring ’12 and everything is made with … Continue reading
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Love to Plan, Love to Chill, Love to You!
Hey lovely loves! Whether you’re feeling the Valentine’s thing or boycotting the romantic-industrial-complex, you’re probably gonna relate to this post about planning and chilling. Two things I love way more than Valentine’s Day! Since I’ve been working a full-time job … Continue reading
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Look Who’s Talking: Me at Creative Mornings
So, a funny thing happened a few weeks ago. My favorite monthly lecture series Creative Mornings put out an open call for people who’d like to give a talk at this month’s gathering in New York and Los Angeles. I … Continue reading
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HUSTLE FILE #84: Isabella Rozendaal
NAME: Isabella Rozendaal OCCUPATION: Documentary photographer LOCATION: Amsterdam WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: I make photo books, I’m currently working on a book about hunting culture all over the world. I study English literature, language and linguistics, and I’m learning how to … Continue reading
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HUSTLE FILE #81: Elizabeth Barker
NAME: Elizabeth Barker OCCUPATION: Freelance writer, co-author of Let It Be Beautiful (a book project in which my friend Laura Jane Faulds and I are rewriting Beatles songs as stories or essays), executive editor of fashion/music blog NOGOODFORME.com LOCATION: Los … Continue reading
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Midnight Brain Drain to Berlin
Email to Amanda in Berlin: hi… me again… so glad you’re coming to visit. i’ve had such a funny day of thinking too much about career stuff & i cried like 3 times cuz i feel so scattered about what … Continue reading
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Feeling My NaNoWriMo Mojo
Okay, so as a lot of you writers out there know, it’s officially Day 2 of NaNoWriMo (a.k.a. National Novel Writing Month)—30 days writing a rough draft of a 50,000-word novel! That’s approximately 1,666 words per day! Whew. And while … Continue reading
Mexico City Snapshots
Today is our fourth and final day in Mexico City, as we’re flying to Mazatlan this afternoon. But I just had to post a few snapshots before we left. I’m planning a future post on the lovely eco-social-savvy El Patio … Continue reading
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HUSTLE FILE #78: Katie Beck
NAME: Katie Beck OCCUPATION: Journalist, freelance travel writer, blogger LOCATION: Nice, France WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: I document my life and the places I go and write about it for the Huffington Post and BBC Travel (and other publications too if … Continue reading
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Self-Publish & Quit Your Day Job
Whooo hooo! I finally figured out how to make one of those nifty e-magazines that I’m seeing more and more of these days. Here it is on Issuu and on Scribd. But the Issuu one is waaay cuter and has … Continue reading
Hit the Road, Jack
On the road again… Just like Jack Kerouac… Or was it Willie Nelson? Whoever it was, here we go again! Just like many ramblers that’ve come before me, I’m headed up the coast today. It’s a motorbike caravan and I’m … Continue reading
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Escape / Retreat
Ahhh, this was the view from my office-to-go this morning. Hiding out at my sister and her husband’s cabin in the pine trees near a lake in Washington was the best idea for this week! Can’t wait to see where … Continue reading
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Freelance Freedoms: One-Day Work Week
What fun that it’s less than two months since I resigned from my full-time job, and I’ve already got this freelancing life all figured out, or at least pretty well figured out. One super rad thing about being a freelancing … Continue reading
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Public Fiction / Public Libraries
Super excited to ride my bike to my neighborhood art gallery Public Fiction tonight! This evening marks the opening of their “Gold Rush / Manifest Destiny” series that will go on through December. Oooo, and the other cool part is … Continue reading
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The September Set-Up
Happy Labor Day, y’all! Another crazy day in this crazy world of ours. How lucky to enjoy a day dedicated to relaxing and BBQ-ing. I mean, take a look at the news and it’s obvious there are people and parts … Continue reading
A Finish to Start Me Up
Yes! Kicking off my weekend by finishing a project I set out to do. Love that! Today I’ll be handing out my new zine, “QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: Hustle up & go for yours” to homies down at the FYF … Continue reading
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Mellow-Meets-Manic Monday!
Hey all you out in work-week land, Happy Monday! I’m up and at ’em. Already positioned to attack all the projects on my plate and totally feeling my messy, makeshift workspace. How about you? Feeling mellow or manic today? Either … Continue reading
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