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Interview with best-selling author A.L. Michaels

August 23, 2014 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

A.L. Michaels (or Andi) is a twenty-something writer from London, who I met when we both did our MA in Creative Entrepreneurship together at the University of East Anglia. Since we graduated, she’s had her first novel Wine Dark, Sea Blue to great acclaim. This year, her second novel The Last Word came out, which has landed […]

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The secret to getting ahead in any creative field (that no one tells you)?

August 20, 2014 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

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Interview with Author J.D. Winthrop

August 16, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

My guest for today’s interview is author J.D. Winthrop, whose first novel Dick Sirius and the Land of the Dead is available in Kindle and Hardcopy format from Amazon.co.uk. J.D. Winthrop (or James as I know him) is also an actor, with whom I’ve worked, so I was thrilled for him to join me for […]

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Interview Series – Film Producer Patrick Sammon – The Power of Perseverance

August 9, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Film producer Patrick Sammon joins me for the first of the Thriving Creative interview series. Patrick is the Executive Producer of Codebreaker, the Alan Turing film, which I was fortunate enough to see at a private screening in London. When I got chatting with Patrick afterwards, what really impressed me was how inventive he was […]

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Words of Wisdom from Julia Cameron

August 5, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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Day 24 – Keep In Touch

July 24, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Keep in Touch In any business there are only 3 ways to increase your revenue: Increase your prices Get more customers to purchase Get existing customers to buy more Of these three, the most effective is #3 – Get existing customers to buy more (or buy again). This is why you want to keep in […]

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Books don’t sell themselves (authors have to). And other sad truths….

July 5, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

I wish there was an easy way. I really do. There are people who will OFFER to sell your book for you. They’ll make it seem like they are the answer to all of your prayers. You can hide in your attic and write and they’ll do all the dirty work of selling for you. […]

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Are you an artist?

June 27, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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The ‘July Challenge’ about to start

June 26, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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Is being an artist really a ‘job’?

June 25, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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