Z.R. Southcombe's Blog, page 21

A speck on a speck on a speck.

I’ve been quiet this week. Sorry about that. Sometimes hibernation is important. In this fortnight’s hibrenation, I’ve managed to (almost) complete 13 of 20 drawings for the Caretaker’s Colouring Book, and have a LOT of thinking time. I watched the...
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Monday Musings: Making Art

This week has held a lot of creating. I’ve been working on the colouring books, and doing a little bit of writing. I’ve also been trying to get myself a bit more organised. Accounts are not my favourite thing to...
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The Caretaker’s Colouring Book Update [gallery]

This week, I started work on a colouring book (for children and adults, as my other books are) based around scenes and characters in The Caretaker of Imagination. The first image is of Captain Simon Peabody, with some fanciful dreadlocks and...
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Sheep have feelings, too. (On becoming a vegetarian. Again.)

This morning, I got stuck into a conversation about where sheep came from and how they’ve survived so long since they’re fairly easy prey. It started with my justification for becoming vegetarian (again). Me: We don’t eat cats and dogs,...
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Monday Musings: New stuff!

I’m changing today’s post up today, because I have a few announcements and new products coming up and Monday seems like a good day for announcing stuff. Please excuse all the blatant links, but they are relevant – promise! The...
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Building a creative business: The Secret Ingredients (part four)

This is the third installment of a four-part series on building a creative business and lifestyle, based on my experiences, what I’ve learnt from others and my plans for the future. Part One: Multiple Streams of Income Part Two: Marketing...
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Building a creative business: Contribution (part three)

This is the third installment of a four-part series on building a creative business and lifestyle, based on my experiences, what I’ve learnt from others and my plans for the future. Part One: Multiple Streams of Income Part Two: Marketing...
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Building a creative business: Marketing and Publicity (part two)

There are a few things that are covered in the word ‘lifestyle’ so I’m writing a series of four posts instead of cramming it all higgeldy-piggeldy into one. Part One: Multiple Streams of Income Part Two: Marketing & Publicity Part...
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Building a creative business: Multiple streams of income (part one)

Last week (or was it the week before?) I wrote a post around a brooch that I’d won titled New Growth. At the end of said post, I said I’d write more about my writing / art lifestyle plans later. There are...
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Monday Musings: Where do I start?

There’s been a crazy amount of things going on (some just in my head) this past week. Last Monday, I blogged about a new sense of purpose. Throughout the week, I was blessed with support of those changes, and I took...
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