I’ve said it before and I’ll keep repeating myself until my lungs don’t work any more: indie artists are nut-bags. Day after day they’ll smash their fingers against the keyboards, drag their paint brush over the canvas, feverishly making order […]
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Release the Beast!
What day is it? The 23rd of December? Why that must mean… Adaptation – Part 6 is out! That’s right! The conclusion to the Adaptation series is finally out and up for your reading pleasure, on Amazon and iTunes and […]
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Adaptation – Part 6 on Pre-release
The wait is over. The time to crack champagne (or a decent Lagavulin whisky) is now! Adaptation – Part 6, the conclusion to the Adaptation Series, is up on Smashwords and Amazon, and shortly it’ll be on Google Play, Barnes […]
Read moreAdaptation – Part 6, Cover Art Sneak Peek
I’ve been quiet lately, I know. I’ve been busting my digits, giving my red pen a serious work out. Actually it ran out of ink. After that I ground my laptop’s CPU into the dirt making corrections and alterations and […]
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Adaptation – Part 6 (The Final)
Well who would have thought they’d see the day, eh? Eh? Adaptation – Part 6 is heading for completion in December. Say whaaaaat? You heard right. The much-anticipated conclusion to the Adaptation series is due for release before Christmas. I’ll […]
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Branding Yourself (Ouch, baby)
Last post I ended with the line “…Why not stick a little of you inside there?” ‘There’ being your work, ‘you’ being you. It’s a vague line. It kind of smells arty-farty or new-age or cliched or something, doesn’t it? […]
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Tell me a bit about yourself
In the previous post, I told you that, along with all of your other hats, your going to need to don a marketing cap. Goody. Sounds like fun. Let’s start with a few cliches: You are an artist. You make […]
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The Struggle of the Artist – Marketing
You’ve written a book. Super! You’ve edited it, you’ve put it through the wringer a few times, ironed out the bumps, made a front cover, and it’s looking shmick. You head over to your favourite publisher – Smashwords, KDP, Lulu, […]
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The Black Knight
The other day Rebecca handed me a piece of board and told me to get creative. Yesterday I handed it back to her: Word to the wise: the vinyl backing glue ain’t the best for sticking tiles to tiles. I […]
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