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Self-publishing revolution

I have just read an article in the Guardian and found it very inspirational.
I, like millions of others out there have the ambition to write a novel and get it published. The first problem one encounters of course is the fact the one has not actually started writing anything, never mind completing the damn thing.
The second problem is getting the work published. Publishing houses have not made it easy for new talent to get their first break in the business, the music industry was also like this too not so very long ago but with the appearance of ‘My Space’ bands like the Arctic Monkeys found success without the help of big-old-record labels. Then came iTunes and the once powerful record companies are now in decline. This revolution has now spread to publishing, Kindle Direct Publishing being the most well known example today.

So if you do finally write that book, at least it is not so hard to publish your labour of love anymore thanks to the advent of the self-publishing revolution. If you want to publish your book and are tired of all those rejection letters from the publishers, read this article from the Guardian: “Amanda Hocking, the writer who made millions by self-publishing online“.

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Irish Music at its best: Iarla Ó Lionáird

It’s like the blues but green! The man has such a lovely haunting voice, shame he is hardly known.

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Portrait drawing demo by Zimou Tan

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Mark Demsteader: Excellent portrait artist with a grunge style.

Mark Demsteader

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Kaossilator – Electro session

I possess one of these Korg Kaossilators, great fun while travelling. Adrian here on the YouTube clip is seriously talented and the clip a pleasure to watch knowing that it is not as easy as it looks!

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Duffy Sheridan, Portrait painting videos

Duffy Sheridan has a YouTube channel where he shows us how to paint a portrait, he seems to be very talented so I’ll be visiting this a lot over the next couple of weeks.

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Speed painting, portrait of Carol by Louis Smith

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The Art of István Sándorfi


István Sándorfi (In France Étienne Sandorfi, born 12 June 1948 in Budapest, Hungary, died 26 December 2007 in Paris, France) was a Hungarian hyperrealist painter.


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Angelo Musco

Angelo Musco creates wonderful bigger than life scenes from thousands apon thousands of naked bodies. Make sure you view, ‘the making of’ these pieces here.