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Art

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16/11/2016

Smug Bragging 2k16 (I published a short story!)

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(All Hail) Creation, Art, Magazines, November 2016, Paywall

‘Community Spirit’ short story Trawler magazine by Francesca Burke, Francesca’s Words, Leigh on Sea magazine, Southend on Sea arts magazine, Trawler magazine winter 2016
25/10/2016

‘Fuck Australia’ and Other Things I Might Regret Putting on the Internet (ft. #Parade10)

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Art, MCRmy, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), October 2016, Paywall, Videos

#Parade10 MCRmy meet up, Frank Iero, frnkiero andthe patience, FUCK AUSTRALIA, Gerard Way, Hammersmith Apollo, Indifferent Ignorance, Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance live 2010, Ray Toro, The Black Parade 10 year anniversary
30/09/2016

I Got Mail and It Wasn’t Something I Ordered for My Shop

I submitted a piece of writing to a publication today and holy shit I had forgotten how stressful it is. Not the writing (okay maybe a little bit the writing) but the titling and proofing and second guessing whether you can even speak English. I’m going to de-stress by looking at my recently-filled bank account… Continue reading

Art, Books

‘The Raven Cycle’, fan art zines, Heroes of Olympus zines, IndifferentIgnorance, Ladies of Literature, Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Arcana an Illustrated Anthology
22/07/2016

Crowdfunding Market Research (aka please have a read and answer)

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Art, DISCUSS., Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, July 2016, Lists, Paywall

blog expenses and upkeep, crowdfunding art, freelancers Southend, Indifferent Ignorance, Patreon questions, shared office space Southend

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When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

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Art

Smug Bragging 2k16 (I published a short story!)

‘Fuck Australia’ and Other Things I Might Regret Putting on the Internet (ft. #Parade10)

I Got Mail and It Wasn’t Something I Ordered for My Shop

Crowdfunding Market Research (aka please have a read and answer)