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Designing for Print Publication
– three-week online class for crocheters and knitters.
Presented by Mary Beth Temple
of Hooked for Life, LLC
This class is about the business of being a professional designer. Even if you sell only one design you are a professional – you are doing your art for money rather than for love. And even if you don’t want to do this full time, the more business-like you are throughout the entire process of getting a design into publication, the happier your editors will be (and then the more likely to want to work with you again and again) and the happier YOU will be because you will have a clear-eyed set of expectations about what will and won’t happen.
For this class, students should be prepared to focus on one design, and we will go through the submission process step by step. By the end of week three, each student should have a submission in review somewhere.
New session begins 3/28/11
Space is limited, sign up now!
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Self-Publishing Crochet and Knit Patterns
Technological advances have created opportunities for independent designers that we couldn’t even dream of ten years ago-- do you really need to work with traditional publishers any more?
Maybe not – but you do need to put some serious thought as well as hard work into your pattern business if you want to earn money at it. It IS hard work – you wear a lot of hats when you publish your own work, from photographer to editor to layout person. But you also retain creative and legal control over your designs, which can be gratifying from both an artistic and financial standpoint.
Over the course of three weeks, Self Publishing Crochet and Knit Patterns students will get their first pattern ready to launch. We will cover all of the variables for producing single patterns – including production, pricing, online distribution and promotion, and wholesale opportunities for print products. Students should come prepared with a design in mind to work on in class – it doesn’t have to be finished, but it shouldn’t be so vague that you can’t make some firm decisions about its production.
Please note the pricing plan- previous Hooked for Life students (including those who took classes through Crochetville) are eligible for a multi-class discount.
New session begins 4/19/2011
Space is limited - sign up now!
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