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Guest Post: The Power of the ‘Starving Artist’ Cliché

September 25, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

We’re happy to welcome back A. L. Michael for another of her excellent and refreshingly honest guest posts – this time it’s a bang-on-theme post about money. Enjoy. ———————————————– After a good while of being a self-employed artist, and with having to fill out my first tax form looming (and having lost my accounts book!), […]

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Guest Post: 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Was Published

August 7, 2013 by Steven Sparling 4 Comments

Today’s guest post is from A. L. Michael a talented writer and creative entrepreneur. Many thanks to A. L. Michael for her contribution. As a recently published writer, and dedicated creative entrepreneur, I thought I’d share some of that news that no writer really wants to hear: publication doesn’t fix everything. It’s what we all […]

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A Google Gift for Writers

May 24, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

The Google Gift for Writers

Google has offered a major gift for writers with Panda, its new formula for ranking websites. Not too long ago all they looked at was how frequently certain keywords appeared on your pages. This led to a lot of keyword rich drivel which still landed pages high in search results. But no more. New Developments […]

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