By Catherine Corcoran, Accelerated Artist Career Coach

Feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day? Do you find yourself thinking about the mountain of things you have to accomplish—telling yourself that you’re definitely going to get to everything on your ‘To-Do’ list—only to have the entire day go by leaving many tasks incomplete… if you even started any of them at all!Sound like you? Fear not Accelerated Artist! Because here are five steps to eliminate your overwhelm and accomplish everything you need to kick your car...  Read More...

 by Megan McDermott, Accelerated Artist Career Coach

Sick of not getting sent out for things you are right for? Feel your agent doesn’t remember you or you aren’t communicating well? Or, you don't have an agent. How can you get yourself in the room for the roles you really want and are spot on for? The Truth: Agents get 10% of your paycheck and they have many clients. That means you get 90%! Rightfully so, shouldn’t  Read More...

 by Amanda Tudor, Accelerated Artist Career Coach

I don’t know about you, but every day I am inundated with emails on classes, seminars, and opportunities. Sometimes you delete every one of them. Sometimes you want to do them all. Sometimes you just need a little help.

So how do you know when to seek out help and talk to an expert? Here’s my list on why talking to an expert is the right move:

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 by Amanda Tudor, Accelerated Career Coach

In this business, unlike so many other careers, it’s important to remind ourselves what we can do to further our careers. Check out Jodie’s article HERE on dealing with control in your career. So here’s my list of reminders of what you can control today:1.   Read More...

By Jodie Bentley, CEO of Accelerated Artist

Ever feel like one day you’re on top of our game in this biz and the next your not? That can feel so disempowering and chaotic. What you thought isn't so...

 By Catherine Corcoran

I always hear people talking about how they aren’t “Monday People” –and there are a ton of you out there! I mean, The Boomtown Rats wrote a song about it and sometimes I wonder if my fellow subway commuters have it on repeat on their way to work in the mornings.I, on the other hand, have learned to – gasp- LOVE Mondays. But it wasn’t always that way.   Read More...

 By Chris McGahan

Ah, the new year….That bright and shiny time when everything seems possible and the world is your oyster. So you’re geared up, ready to go, and you sit down at your computer to accomplish all of those things you need to have done online to conquer Hollywood, New York or wherever you may be! And then twenty minutes or two hours later realize that you have done nothing productive at all, but are finally caught up on all the cat videos the internet can offer. You’re suffering ...  Read More...

By Amanda Tudor 

Happy New Year, Artist Friends!I know I know it’s almost February. I feel like this back to school month is just getting into full swing!A new year, a blank slate, a fresh beginning! Time to start looking ahead, right?Well, at this point in the year, I would like to take a moment to take a look back (a little more in depth than what Facebook did for us :) )Did you set a resolution last year?   Read More...

By Catherine Corcoran

Happy New Year, Accelerated Artists! I expect that you all had plenty of time to relax and enjoy this time with your loved ones. But this is also a time for reflection. Time to review the successes and struggles of the past year, and set goals for the future of your creative career. Whether your dream is to grace the silver screen in the hottest new Indie Film, or open the Ohio’s premiere Dinner Theatre (cough, cough, Doug Shapiro) here are

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by Christina Shipp

As both a Be-er and an extrovert, this time of year with all its Holiday parties and festivus cheer is. my. jam. So trust me: I understand how easy it is to get knocked off your career course when you’re shopping for presents for your million friends and family and over-agonizing what to wear at your fifteenth party of the season.
Suddenly, all those bright, shiny goals you forged eleven months ago now have the sheen of a rusty penny. Lesigh. What…Career?

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by Amanda Tudor

Congratulations! You’ve finished school. No more teachers, no more books….well….not quite.  Even as adults with formal education completed, my clients and myself still roll our eyes at the thought of homework. However, we all need to acknowledge (even begrudgingly) that homework is the foundation for systems, habits and success. So, outside of formal education how does homework exist in a creative life?   Read More...