"Booklist," 6/1/09 "A readable, realistic, and practical field guide to professional success in the visual arts...A wealth of reproduced art and profiles of artists complete this inspiring, useful, and, given the rise in do-it-yourself careers, timely resource."Joanne Mattera, ArtBlog: Marketing Mondays, 6/15/09 "This book explains the art world and offers clear and useful steps to setting goals and achieving them--information that until recently most artists never learned in art school...This is one well-timed and well-written book."NEWSgrist.com, 6/18/09 "It is an experiential guide brimming with field-tested techniques that readers can apply to their own practice. With equal parts of practicality, warmth, good humor, and insight, Battenfield demystifies the path artists travel towards a flourishing career." Peggy Payne, Peggy Payne's Boldness Blog, 6/16/09 "[Jackie Battenfield] knows what she's writing about."The Expat Blog, 6/18/09 "Offers clear and useful steps to setting goals and achieving them."MyArtSpace Blog, 6/22/09 "Highly recommended...an excellent resource for visual artists at any stage of their career...This book should be on every artists desk!!"MyArtSpace blog "Highly Recommended...an excellent resource for visual artists at any stage of their career...This book should be on every artist's desk!!"Marketing Mondays blog "This book explains the art world and offers clear and useful steps to setting goals and achieving them--information that until recently most artists never learned in art school...This in one well-timed and well-written book."NewsGrist "It's an experimental guide brimming with field-tested techniques that readers can apply to their own practice. With equal parts of practicality, warmth, good humor, and insight, Battenfield demystifies the path artists travel towards a flourishing career."Peggy Payne's blog "[Jackie Battenfield] knows what she's writing about.""