Dianne Marcum to Speak at Strawbridge Art League

Dianne Marcum will be speaking at the Strawbridge Art League meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 7pm at the Henegar Center for the Arts (625 E. New Haven Ave.; Melbourne Florida). The meeting is open to all who are interested. Here's an overview of her talk.

When Your Hobby Becomes a Business
Many artists and writers have energy and passion for their craft but not much interest in ‘the numbers’. If you plan to make money through your creative endeavors, this presentation offers practical and accurate advice to help you succeed. Learn about setting goals, developing a simple system to track income and expenses, pricing your work, calculating royalties, comparing publishing and marketing opportunities, taxes, and more. Dianne Marcum is a CPA, AARP Tax Aide associate, and the former vice president of strategic and human resources planning for Walt Disney World. She is also the author of Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach & Florida’s Space Coast. This Brevard County travel guide is part of the Great Destinations series published by The Countryman Press, an imprint of international publishing house W. W. Norton, and is carried by major book retailers throughout the country. Read more about Dianne at http://www.diannemarcum.com/.