Creative Careers

This is an excerpt from the book Creative Writing Career: Becoming a Writer of Movies, Video Games, and Books. This section comprises the entire section on video game writing, to include video game writer interviews, and is Part Five of the book.

Dream Like an Artist, Think Like an Accountant is a conversational and action-oriented book that will make you better at managing your business finances so that you can free up time, energy, and headspace to achieve more creatively. In short, this book does not try to change you. Leveraging the skills you already have, this book offers a masterclass in three core business management concepts.

This book is a conversational style how-to book that teaches you from personal stories and real life examples from the creative genius, Tommy Swanhaus. The digital marketing, social media, and branded content expert uses his own marketing and entrepreneurial career triumphs and defeats to give the listener a plan and strategy to grow their career and company. This is an action-oriented book that will allow you to walk away from it with “know how” to apply right away to either your new business, grow your existing business, or become a better employee at your company.

Imagine having at your disposal an easy-to-understand, straightforward process that can transform your sales career overnight. The Art of Professional Sales delivers precisely that—a simple, actionable roadmap to selling like a pro.

We all know Wonder Woman, but have you ever heard of energy superheroes? These are the women who are leading the energy transition from our national labs to renewable energy farms. In this book, meet 34 real-life energy superheroes powering our planet. This book series is relatable and inspiring, demonstrating the limitless possibilities for girls and the next generation of STEM superheroes.

Too often, we're told that to be successful we have to keep climbing the career ladder - whether we’re really geared toward leading people or not. In Succeeding Without Leading, you’ll learn that this may not be the best definition of success for you. You’ll discover what it means to be great outside of leadership - to be a great “follower”. This includes finding out how to use your own personality, skills, and abilities to find or create a good job fit.

Deep in space, on Mars, a robot rover searches for traces of water, one of the key things needed to support life. Back on Earth, Dr. Vandi Verma guides the robot, Curiosity, in its search. People all around the world were enchanted by animations like Princess and the Frog and Bravest Warriors, but before they ever hit the screen, Sonya Carey imagined and designed them. These are just some of the colorful careers of these everyday superheroes making the world a greener, healthier, and cleaner place.