Mara Ellison
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Running a one-person studio without becoming a company.
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Jun 30, 2026
A Studio of One
Four years in, the hardest part of working alone isn't the work. It's deciding what the work is.
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When I left my last job, I thought the difficult part would be finding clients.
May 19, 2026
Pricing the Afternoon
I stopped selling hours. Now I sell afternoons, and clients understand them better than I expected.
An hour is a strange thing to sell, because nobody buys one on purpose.
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