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Happy New Year! Here’s to a THRIVING 2014.

January 1, 2014 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

Here we are on the first day of 2014. It felt good to put 2013 to bed last night and I am filled with positive feelings about 2014.  Thank you for being a part of The Thriving Creative in 2013. It’s been a pleasure to have you spend some time with me. I’ve got some […]

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Guest Blog: P.U.B. (Post University Blogger) Gets Squared With Running a Creative Biz

December 18, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

I’m happy to hand over the last Thriving Creative blog slot before Christmas to our guest blogger, Annie Harris. It’s been great watching Annie this year as she grows into her place as a creative entrepreneur. This guest post outlines the next step in her journey of setting up a creative business. —————————————————— If you […]

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Money Makes the World Go Around?

September 5, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Here’s a classic moment from the film Cabaret where LIza Minnelli and Joel Grey ask the crucial question….

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Does Money Matter?

September 4, 2013 by Steven Sparling 6 Comments

This may seem like a silly question – of course money matters! And yet, how often do our choices, as creative people, put money last?   No one became a creative to get rich. For a very few, this is a side benefit, but for the vast majority of creatives our motivation to pursue this […]

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Guest Blog: Is this a Business or a Lifestyle?

August 28, 2013 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

A. L. Michaels has written another guest blog for us. Welcome back Andi… ——————————————– A friend and I were recently discussing our creative careers. The issue with working in the creative industries is that you can make it sound terribly exciting (‘I’m a studio manager in East London, whilst doing a writing residency, promoting my […]

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33 Things I’ve Never Told You (part 3)

August 15, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

If you’ve missed the first two parts of this post, I encourage you to read those one first in order to understand the context of this list. Basically, I wanted to talk about something other than Marketing and give you a chance to know the windbag behind this blog a bit better. 33 Things I’ve […]

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Guest Post: The Post-University Blogger (P.U.B) is…a Junior Job-Juggler

August 14, 2013 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

I’m thrilled to introduce another guest blogger: Annie Harris. I met Annie at the London College of Music, where I teach. By the time we met, she had already graduated and was making her way as a young actor in London – juggling trying to find acting work while keeping body/soul together and keeping the […]

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33 Things I’ve Never Told You (part 2)

August 8, 2013 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

This is the second in the series 33 Things I’ve Never Told You. If you missed the first instalment, be sure to read it first in order to understand the context of this post. 33 Things I’ve never told you (part two)   12. I drink way too much coffee. I currently drink about 4-5 […]

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33 Things I’ve Never Told You (cause it can’t all be about Marketing!)

August 3, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

33 Things I’ve Never Told You   This post is inspired by a blog post I came across by Corbett Barr who writes an excellent blog called Think Traffic. His post is titled: 33 Things I’ve Never Told You (or, How to Reintroduce Yourself and Kick Your Watered-Down Self in the Ass) []   The […]

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1 Week until the July Challenge begins

June 24, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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