1. Get featured on my Instagram!

I've been working to revive my 2nd Instagram account @badasscreatives.

I always envisioned it as a place to bring the Badass Creatives community together and showcase YOUR work.

I want to share a diverse range of artists & makers.

Tag your art & photos of your handmade products #BadassCreatives for a chance to be featured there, and spread the word!

2. How to advertise on Facebook this holiday season.

Facebook Ads can be daunting. (I work in a digital marketing agency by day and sometimes even I find them daunting.)

That said, one of the reasons they're so powerful is because you can get SUPER targeted and reach niche groups of people directly. This post has some really detailed tips on how to use Facebook Ads to market your business this holiday season.

3. Teach your child to be a skeptic.

“Being a skeptic has been given a bad rap in modern society. Why? Because skepticism is often confused with cynicism.”

Artists have a lot in common with skeptics. (And we often overlap.) Art requires curiosity and critical thinking. We ask “Why?” and “Why not?” questions with frequency.

I love this article on how to cultivate skepticism and curiosity in children.

4. Find a new city.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a sense of place, home, community. The region I’ve called home all of my life, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, will be some of the first places affected as sea levels begin to rise.

Artist and author Austin Kleon wrote a great post awhile back advocating for young artists to move to the less trendy, cheaper places to live so that they can make more and do things their own way.

“The idea is that you live somewhere cheap, keep your overhead low, make whatever work you want to make, create your own scene. Nobody gets super-rich or super-famous, but dammit, they get to live their lives their own way, unbeholden to anybody.”

5. Feedback, por favor?

The end of the year is almost here, and I want to know what you want to see from me in 2017. How can I best serve you?

What questions or topics would you like answered in a future #AskMissMalaprop video or blog post?

What do you hope to get out of the #BadassCreatives community?

Click HERE and let me know! survey.