THIS BOOK IS 100% BONKERS; IT IS NOT SERIOUS. THE FMC IS THE MEMBER OF A HAPPINESS CULT. SHE'S FULLY INDOCTRINATED IN THEIR 'CAN'T BE SAD' IDEOLOGY.Honey, Does This Taste Like Poison To You?I've never been a fan of murder. The mess, the smell, the whole hiding the body thing after - it always seemed like way too much work. But trust me, when you're married to Richard Morningstar, that "work" starts to feel an awful lot lik...

It's 2 a.m. Your mind won't stop. That embarrassing moment from last week plays on repeat. Tomorrow's presentation feels like impending doom. Your inner critic whispers that you're not good enough, smart enough, capable enough.You've tried everything. Positive thinking. Meditation apps. Gratitude journals. Nothing sticks. The negative thoughts always come back, stronger and louder.Here's what nobody told you: Your brain isn't...

“Not simply a how-to book, Selling Art without Galleries is a hands-on guidebook to daily life in the complex and sometimes murky world of the art market.” —Sculpture MagazineThe days in which artists must get their work into galleries in order to gain success and recognition are long over. With that in mind, Daniel Grant gives readers advice on the multitude of options artists now have for marketing their work as well as how to sell work in a host...

This is Fine. Everything is Fine.So my husband stabs people. Which makes sense considering he blackmailed me into marrying him and framed me for a crime that carried the death penalty. He's Richard Morningstar, after all, the Demon of Raza, the tyrant ruler of the fairies. I mean, all the signs were there.And okay yeah, deep down I did know, but by the gods, he's amazing in the you-know-what department, and like, what woman hasn't...

Politically correct moving, inspiring, eye-opening and soul touching are just a few words I would use to describe this book. You really get a look behind the curtain to see what shaped and molded his creative mind. It takes you on a journey through the thoughts and feelings of a man's trials and tribulations with that racism, oppression, group economics and self love. He speaks his truth as he lives it. Profound inspired by his environment, upbringing and experiences. You feel like you can...

The first guide to selling art independently. This comprehensive resource shows artists how to make a living from their art-without relying on galleries. Through interviews with a range of successful artists, readers will learn how to write about their own work, how to arrange and curate exhibits, how to work in nonprofit arts spaces, how to determine when and if to advertised artwork for sale, and how to exhibit in non-art spaces. Artists will also find useful information for marketing th...

You've got the artistic talent; now learn how to make a career out of it!Fine artists are taught many things about the craft of art in various art schools and university art programs, but rarely do they learn much if anything about how to make a career of their talents. The Business of Being an Artist, now in its sixth edition, contains information on how artists may develop a presence in the art world that leads to sales. The book contains information on ...

The fifth edition of this updated and expanded classic provides visual artists with an in-depth guide to developing and building a career as a professional artist. Veteran art writer Daniel Grant weaves the words and experiences of dozens of practicing artists throughout this informative volume to describe their real-life challenges and the solutions they found to overcome them. Grant covers everything from art gallery etiquette to the legal rights of artists, including chapters on:

In this definitive guide to resources, aspiring artists and serious amateurs devoted to their art will find scores of time-tested strategies to help them set up and work safely from a home studio; learn where and how to acquire appropriate art materials; develop their abilities with others as well as create art alone; explore opportunities for education in a wide variety of forms; overcome mental blocks; mat, frame, pack, and ship works of art; and much more. Artists looking to show and se...

No matter how committed two people are to being together, why can't they get away from feeling something is missing?In this important and transformative guide, three experienced practitioners identify the widespread dysfunctional dynamic they call "irrelationship," a psychological defense system two people create together to protect themselves from the fear and anxiety of real intimacy in a relationship.Drawing on their wide clinical and life experience, th...

Cutting-edge reflections on a variety of biblical and theological subjectsOver the course of his distinguished career Richard Bauckham has made pioneering contributions to diverse areas of scholarship ranging from ethics and contemporary issues to hermeneutical problems and theology, often drawing together disciplines and fields of research all too commonly kept separate from one another.In this volume some of the most eminent figures in modern biblical and theolog...

The Quaker World is an outstanding, comprehensive and lively introduction to this complex Christian denomination. Exploring the global reach of the Quaker community, the book begins with a discussion of the living community, as it is now, in all its diversity and complexity.The book covers well-known areas of Quaker development, such as the formation of Liberal Quakerism in North America, alongside topics which have received much less scholarly attention in the past, such ...