The document introduces a new book series called "The Hero's Journey Travel Guides" that aims to provide concrete tips, anecdotes, and lessons learned from real-life creative heroes and heroines. It discusses how most career books identify problems but lack solutions. The guides will share stories of creative people and their practical strategies for overcoming challenges. The goal is to help readers find a career niche doing what they love and learn how to market themselves as entrepreneurs in today's changing environment.

1. The
Hero’s
Journey
in
Hollywood
(1)
By
Peter
de
Kuster
The
Hero’s
Journey
Travel
Guides
series
www.theherojourney.com
The
Hero’s
Journey
It’s
time
to
move
on,
move
up,
and
move
out
with
a
new
mission.
The
Hero’s
Journey
is
about
taking
charge
of
your
destiny
so
that
no
idiot
can
controle
your
fate.
Most
books
are
very
thorough
when
it
comes
to
identifying
and
informing
you
about
the
problems
and
pitfalls
of
a
creative
career.
What
they
lack,
however,
is
the
what
the
hell
am
i
supposed
to
do
about
it?
part.
I
decided
to
make
the
Hero’s
Journey
travel
guides
about
real
life
heroes
and
heroines
of
past
and
present
with
heavy
on
concrete
tipa,
anecdotes
and
lessons
to
be
learned
from
them.
You
already
know
the
problems
and
pitfalls
of
a
creative
enterprise
and
career.
You
deal
with
them
every
day.
So
let’s
start
our
journey
and
tackle
them.
I’ll
try
to
ease
up
on
the
theoretical
stuff
and
instead
offer
many
stories
of
creative
heroes
and
heroines
with
their
practical
real
life
strategies,
applicable
tips
and
techniques.

2. New
creative
careers
and
enterprises
are
popping
up
all
the
time.
There
has
never
been
a
better
time
to
strike
out
on
your
own.
This
is
your
time
to
shine
as
a
creative
person.
The
future
looks
bright.
Many
of
the
current
trends
favor
your
preferred
mode
of
operation
–
self
–
realiance,
zigzagging
to
the
top,
rapid
change,
multitasking,
chaos,
adaptability,
intuition,
training
and
retraining.
This
travel
guide
will
show
you
how
to
find
your
career
niche,
and
then
how
to
earn
a
living
doing
what
you
love.
You
will
learn
how
to
overcome
the
challenges
the
creative
right
brainer
faces,
and
how
to
make
your
nature
and
your
creativity
work
for
you.
You’ll
learn
how
to
market
yourself
even
in
a
crowded
marketplace,
survive
and
thrive
in
the
battlefield
that
is
entrepreneurship.
How
to
be
your
own
boss
and
work
for
others,
take
the
‘free”
out
of
“freelance”,
rise
to
the
top
without
stepping
on
too
many
toes,
and
use
your
natural
abilities
to
find
a
perfect
pitch
and
harmony
in
your
work
world.