Making the booth was a tough job, mostly because I couldn’t cut and saw at night in case I bothered the neighbours, and because I was working in a tight environment. Still, it got done and I’m happy with the […]
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The Booth
In the previous post, I explained that I will be undertaking voice overs and presenting some of my books as audiobooks. Great, awesome, let’s get cracking. Not so fast. After a practice run of about five minutes using my phone […]
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Mimbo
The Smashwords Summer (or Winter in the Southern Hemisphere) Sale is over. It was fun. I picked up a few books, I’ll be reading those when I get a chance. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy […]
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Back to the Music
The Grosvenor Lane Ghost animation is out, woot! That doesn’t mean that I’m done with yakking on about it. Music, you see, underpins an animation or video, it brings it all together and sets the mood and the tempo, the […]
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Take the Win
When it comes to defining success, context is king. Status? Money? Power? Sure. If that’s the goal. Sometimes it’s an all-or-nothing affair. Other times it comes in degrees. Like cider. Cider? Cider. As in, fermented apples. You see, last year […]
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Flower Power
You don’t need to decorate all of an egg. In many instances, the egg will live its life sitting on an egg cup, behind glass. They won’t be manhandled, felt, held, thrown, roughed up, knocked about: they are purely ornamental. […]
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Prepping Your Eggs
You’ve blown a batch of eggs. That’s a great start. They’re washed and dried and ready for use. Now, the question comes: What to do with them? Eggs are a really wonderful canvas. They are porous, so they will happily […]
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Advanced Blowing Techniques
Blowing one or two eggs is not hard, really. You can have them done in time for dinner. When you have to do a bunch for Easter, it starts to get uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable. Your mouth hurts, your lips go […]
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