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Rubbish almost top of the pile!!

Rubbish is now no.59 on the editors list!

The aim of the game is to get to the top 5 on the editors list and earn yourself a Harper Collins review or possible publication. The gold star gained for a top five finish is highly sought after and is a great marketing tool for your work so obviously I’d love to get one!

“A Load of Rubbish” has done way better than I ever imagined firstly taking the no.1 position on the weekly book list for a number of days when initially loaded up and now after only 2 months, climbing above approx 5000 books to be within grasp of the editors list.

So please if you know anyone or if you care to have a gawk yourself and maybe pass on a vote, click on this link!

Enjoy

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The Constant Knitter goes live!

I met Rosemary Murphy through a “Start your own business” course back at the beginning of the year.
On seeing my work Rosemary asked me to design her branding and website for her online wool company “The Constant Knitter” I have to say she was one of the easiest clients to work with, she wanted something different, a little quirky and the rest she left to me. Since then we have become good friends and I am pleased to announce that after months of work on the backend from KRO, her website The Constant Knitter.com has gone live.
Have a look and buy some wool. A knitting craze is sweeping the country, pick up those needles!
Drawings, Sketches

A day in the dump via my black ink pen…



Places my characters hang out/live…
1. “The Bread Bin Bar”, having a little difficulty giving those characters expressions, again as below, a little help needed and all suggestions welcomed.
2. “The Red Light District” where all the tabloids and a few broadsheets hangout. “Nelsons” the hostel, a massive (in dump terms), but gentle mahogany door.
3. “The Couch” on Revolutionary Road, the student/rebel/hippy district of the dump.
Characters, Drawings, Sketches

A Load of Rubbish needs some help!

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These are some sketches I’ve been working on based around one of my stories and I need a little help.

I am trying to animate characters from the dump but I want to do it without adding anything else to them. I want their faces, their human”ish” characteristics to be a part of what they would normally look like, I don’t want them to look like an add on, hope I’m explaining myself. Anyway, this works with objects made from materials that will bend, as you can squish and squash mouths, eyes etc… into places they weren’t meant to be, but when it comes to glass, wood (although can use the knots to some effect) and other solid materials it proves a bit of a problem.
Have a look at the drawings and see if they spark any inspirations…
Writing

Croc an Oir

An interesting weekend I have to say… my brain is a little fried, spent most of the time staring at my notebook, trying to think of mad stories to write about a dog with blue eyes.


“Croc an Oir” at the foot of Sliabh na mBan was the backdrop to my creative weekend, I and about 12 others attended a creative writing workshop with John MacKenna. I have to say I reckon there must be something in the water in Mullinahone as I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much my eyes were leaking!

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