More testimonials from readers

“I just wanted to let you know what a great impact your book, The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People has had on me. You touched on so many issues that were so relevant to me. I felt that the book spoke right to me.  . . . I totally got the part about feeling bad when you don’t use your talents. I’ve been in quite a dilemma about what to do. I loved your description of the fallow ground, which very much described my paralyzing dilemma, and how to get comfortable with not knowing what was out there. I’m so glad I found your book, you’ve obviously been there yourself. You’ve made a great contribution to my life and probably to many others in the same situation. Yours is the first book I’ve come across that doesn’t just preach ‘live your passion’ without any realistic insights to the problems involved. I love that you don’t promise it will be easy.”

“I read the Intro at the library and was touched to tears. I'm 45 and have tried to ‘fit in’ for way too long: your book is helping me create something new.”

“Great book. In fact, the best yet IMHO that deals with not just ‘getting a job’ but learning about your self to get a suitable job. I like the readability and digestibility of the book....”

“I’m afraid I couldn’t think of a subject line to sum up what I wanted to say without being trite; I suppose you could boil it down to a fervent thank-you. Your book was very illuminating for me, and it answered a lot of pressing questions that I’ve been trying for years to figure out.  . . . My mother gave me your book this morning, saying I should read it, and I sat down and did so, all in one sitting. When I was finished, the only thing that kept coming into my head was a sonnet that I wrote . . . an expression of hopelessness, of wondering how I could ever find a way to live my dream; in essence, the same struggle you illustrated in your book. Intellectually I knew I just wasn’t seeing the solution—but emotionally, I felt there *was* no solution, and it’s been a nagging voice in my head for years, ever since I first knew I wanted to write. I had the whole ‘tortured artist’ thing down pat, and I was well on the way to believing myself when I joked about my future of burning rejection slips in a clay fireplace for heat. Your book has given a new perspective, and one that I urgently needed. Writing is my passion, and . . . I’m more confident now that I can make it happen. . . . I sincerely applaud you for writing this book; it’s a wonderful and indescribably helpful guide for the ‘tortured artists’ of our time.”

“About ten days ago, my daughter saw your book in Border’s and bought it for me. It saved my life. Every question I thought of, while I was reading it, was on the next page! And all my favorite authors were quoted! It was so right! I’ve been an artist (again!) for the last three or four years, but with the same old problems: “Will I be taken seriously if I market this stuff?” “Is this stuff even good enough to market?” “I’m really good at certain conventional jobs, so maybe that is what I should be doing . . .” and on and on, ad nauseum. . . Until your book came along. Somehow, some way, my attitude has changed—especially the turn-around to, “I have a beautiful gift for the world, and if I follow my heart, there are people out there who will be delighted to have the opportunity to buy it.” I have to say that I have been asking God for years what it is he wants me to do . . . duh! right in front of me all the time! . . . Here’s a funny story: When my daughter, who is a clinical social worker, handed me your book, she said, “And I checked it out, Mom, before I got it, and she really knows her stuff!”

“I can’t tell you how excited and relieved I am that you exist!! A few weeks ago I did a search for ‘unconventional careers’ on Google, and your book turned up in the results. I bought it right away . . . Yours is the only one I’ve found that I can honestly relate to, and is refreshingly positive toward the artistic person. So much of the book rings true to me: not fitting in, people being discouraging, and the hexagon diagram.”

“I was just fired from my job of three and a half years. I immediately went to the book­store in search of information that would help me when I ran across your book. It’s the best career book I’ve read in a long time, and it has made me feel good about being different. . . Well, I actually feel luckier by not having a job. At least now I can work full-time on my goal of pursuing work that will nurture my soul, not suffocate it. Thanks to your book, I now feel like I can be the person that has been hidden away for the past three years.”