Anne Leighton believes that artists can work within their own means by creating their own career opportunities. And she has done that for herself via her love of mass media as a writer, publicist, and music services person. One song got her a publishing deal, and she’d only been marketing it for 18 months. She has four books with the most recent one being her poetry book, The Leighton Explosion (Soul Asylum Poetry, Canada). Also, her catalog are: Paws for Thought: Understanding What your Cat is Thinking (Rockwell Books, UK), Using your Art & the Media to Comfort People (Free to Run Books, US), and her e-book: Get the Gig: Common Sense Consulting (Anne Leighton). She reads her poems at selective dates, which helps her work on her mental and spiritual well-being. As Anne calls herself a “recovering agoraphobic,” and goes out quite a bit to conquer the fear and treat it like a game. She appears on the Grammy-nominated album, Healthy Food for Thought: Good Enough to Eat. As a songwriter and folk-rap artist, Anne’s signed to Sheer Music Publishing in South Africa. “It’s not what you know, but who you know. And if you don’t know ’em, go out and meet ’em!!!”