Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach | Since 1996
Coaching for ambitious creative professionals
Photo by Mami I ruffled a few feathers over on Business of Design Online when I wrote about Why You Need to Be Organised to Be Creative. In the comments I was accused of writing 'LIES!!! ALL …
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Photo by pascalgenest Photo by givepeasachance From the outside, the writer pottering around the house while the laptop gathers dust, and the performer shaking with fear backstage might look very …
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There's an art to listening to criticism or praise of your work without getting carried away by elation or despair - and let's face it, without stomping off in a huff. Having looked at How not to give …
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About 15 years ago I was lucky enough to have a one-to-one writing tutorial with the poet Seamus Heaney. This was before he won the Nobel Prize, but he was still an acknowledged superstar, someone …
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Small but perfectly-formed thanks to Tim Siedell for introducing me to A Brief Message - a new blog about graphic design. A Brief Message features design opinions expressed in short form. …
Introducing the new, slimmed-down, weekly(ish) version of Creative Links... Hats off to A Consuming Experience for bringing to my attention a series of podcasts of business advice for artists and …
