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Mar 11, 2015

This Week’s Episode

I interviewed Grace Dobush, a full time freelance writer and part-time crafty business owner, in this week’s episode. Grace and I talked about many topics including prepping for your first indie craft show, deciding whether Etsy is the right online marketplace for your craft business, tips for starting up as a freelance writer in the craft scene, negotiating for a higher rate, and more!

About Grace Dobush

Grace Dobush is a freelance writer and a part-time crafty business owner. She is the organizer of the Crafty Supermarket, an indie craft show in Cincinnati, Ohio; author of the Crafty Superstar craft business guides for part-time business owners; and the maker of smiley poop emoji ephemera.

You can find Grace online at the Grace Dobush website and on TwitterCrafty Superstar has its own website, Facebook page, and Twitter account, and is also available through Grace’s author page on Amazon

About the Interview

I’m a volunteer book reviewer for the Crochet Guild of America‘s blog and late last year, I received a review copy of the 2015 Crafter’s Market: How to Sell Your Crafts and Make a Living from Fons & Porter/F + W Media. Since this book is the first Crafter’s Market, I wanted to interview one of the contributors, and Grace was happy to oblige.

In our interview, we talked about the topics covered in Grace’s two chapters in the 2015 Crafter’s Market, “Indie Craft Shows” and “Pricing Your Work.” We also discussed Grace’s February article in WIRED, “How Etsy Alienated Its Crafters and Lost Its Soul” and Etsy’s recent announcement about filing a registration statement for an initial public offering (IPO). I referenced a recent discussion about whether Etsy is the best online marketplace for yarn crafters, as well as an interview I did with Alexandra Tavel from Two of Wands on Etsy that I’ll be sharing on the podcast next week.

Grace also shared her tips for getting started as a freelance writer in the crafting space, as well as her philosophy on negotiation.

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