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Cradle of Fire Book 5 – St. Antoni the Forbidden Colony "A must read, fast-paced Sci-Fi novel of adventure, suspense and romance." A desperate woman takes a perilous gamble to save her family from a brutal murderer They weren't supposed to see the murders, or discover their 'kindly' new guardian had slaughtered three people. But they did see it. Jade knows they can't go to the police—he owns them. The only choice is to run and hide; but where can a woman, a teenage girl and a young boy go to be safe from a crime lord? Desperate, she takes a chance, bringing  her family through an illegal Portal to St. Antoni. They are safe from their former guardian here. But she may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire; the forbidden colony is a dangerous place. It's a planet whose citizens have created a society poles apart from the dystopian earth they fled. With almost no resources, she needs a way to support herself and her siblings in this strange world. When she is offered a job as an illustrator for a book company owned by the elderly Hortense Jones, Jade jumps at it. Then she meets Hortense's nephew, the fascinating Levi Jones. He is a former Enforcer with a dangerous reputation as a gunman. Loyalty to the kindhearted Hortense causes Jade to be drawn into the deadly feud between the Jones and the Smith families. Can she find happiness on St. Antoni and keep her family safe? https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3atKQgIBJ/?igshid=1i4ztnjimz7hi

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Cradle of Fire Book 5 – St. Antoni the Forbidden Colony "A must read, fast-paced Sci-Fi novel of adventure, suspense and romance." A desperate woman takes a perilous gamble to save her family from a brutal murderer They weren't supposed to see the murders, or discover their 'kindly' new guardian had slaughtered three people. But they did see it. Jade knows they can't go to the police—he owns them. The only choice is to run and hide; but where can a woman, a teenage girl and a young boy go to be safe from a crime lord? Desperate, she takes a chance, bringing  her family through an illegal Portal to St. Antoni. They are safe from their former guardian here. But she may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire; the forbidden colony is a dangerous place. It's a planet whose citizens have created a society poles apart from the dystopian earth they fled. With almost no resources, she needs a way to support herself and her siblings in this strange world. When she is offered a job as an illustrator for a book company owned by the elderly Hortense Jones, Jade jumps at it. Then she meets Hortense's nephew, the fascinating Levi Jones. He is a former Enforcer with a dangerous reputation as a gunman. Loyalty to the kindhearted Hortense causes Jade to be drawn into the deadly feud between the Jones and the Smith families. Can she find happiness on St. Antoni and keep her family safe? https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3atKQgIBJ/?igshid=1i4ztnjimz7hi

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REASONS FOR KEEPING GOOD RECORDS

REASONS FOR KEEPING GOOD RECORDS

By the Practical Artist

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How many times I have heard an artist or writersay, “I’m an artist. I don’t want to bother with stuff like keeping records of what I paint”. Well, if you are a hobbyist who only paints one or two paintings a year, this idea might have somemerit—until it becomes very important (for whatever reason) to locate a piece of art you created. There is no reason for an artist to become overwhelmed by the idea of keeping records of when a piece of art was created and where it’s been shown. Knowing which shows into which you have previously entered an art piece might even save you some embarrassment when a show chair complains that you keep entering the same art in a yearly show! Knowing whenyou created a piece of art might become important if someone pirates your work and sells it because who created the art first often decides who has the copyright. If you have no record of when an art piece was created, you might even be found in violation of your own work!

If you sell your art, it is considered income and over a certain amount, it must be reported as such to the IRS on your federal taxes. If you participate in a booth event, you are usually required to have a seller’s permit, collect sales tax, and then report and pay that sales tax to the State.

Art is a business as well as a creative endeavor. Losing your art can be a financial loss. Not being aware of losing money because you don’t keep track of costs can create a huge problem.

WHAT IS NEEDED TO KEEP RECORDS?

Hey, relax; this isn’t as difficult as it sounds! Let’s take this one step at a time, using one piece of work. Step one: decide in what form you are going to keep your work log.While it is very helpful to have this information stored on a computer, artists were tracking their work using paper files long before computers became popular. I personally prefer using a computer worksheet, however, all of this stuff can be put on a sheet of paper and kept in a binder. For the initial record, I recommend a single sheet or worksheet per art piece. (Please see the Art Information Sheet in the Sample section)

ITEM 1—a pictorial image of your work. This can be in the form a printed photograph, a slide or a digital image. If your work is 3-deminsional, be sure to take photos of all sides of the work. Since this image is not going to be used to reproduce the work, a small, low-resolution image will suffice. The image should be large enough to see details of the work, clear and without blurring.

ITEM 2—the title of your work, size, style/genre and when it was finished.

ITEM 3—a brief description of the work (use complete sentences—why will become clear later). Optional—I also like to keep a kind of diary as to what I wanted to achieve, why I chose this image, and what was going on in my life when I created this art piece.

ITEM 4—Keywords to be used when downloading the photo of your art to your web site or other internet media.

ITEM 5—Show and exhibit record is a list of what shows or exhibits were entered, when they took place and if the art won awards.

ITEM 6—wholesale and Retail price. This is probably the hardest thing for an artist to decide on—how much to charge for an artwork! What is the difference between Wholesale and Retail? Wholesale is always lower than Retail. Your wholesale price at a minimum should cover the cost of what it cost you to create the art, plus any gallery commission fees and hopefully with a small profit margin. Retail price for an art piece should cover all this plus what you as an artist feel the art is worth. I realize this is very subjective but most of art issubjective.

ITEM 7—Incidental information such as the date you formally copyrighted the work, cost of the copyright, etc. More about copyrights later in the Copyright section.

ITEM 8—If you had limited editions of a painting or photograph or copies of a sculpture made, when, how many , how much it cost to make them, how many sold and how much you made when you did.

ITEM 9—the date you sold the original art and the name and address of the Buyer.

DON’T LOSE YOUR WORK!

·      When I created Art-Tique with fellow artist Lea Adams, one of the purposes of the organization was to find low-cost places where artists could show and sell their work. It was then I discovered the pitfalls of having a lot of art in a lot of different venues! Many times artists would fail to pick up their art at the designated time because they couldn’t remember which venue they had placed it in, and when it was due to be retrieved! For my own sanity, I created an Art Location Sheet (see the example in the Sample section). I prefer to use a worksheet program for this, although it can also be kept on paper. I prefer the worksheet format because it can be sorted many times by the location, so it is very easy to see not only where a particular painting is, but also how many paintings I have at that location, and when they are due to be picked up. It also provides a quick reference if I have previously entered it in a particular show. The items listed below should be entered in a single line per each piece of art.

Tracking Items

·      ITEM 1—Art Title

·      ITEM 2—(optional) Media

·      ITEM 3—(optional) Subject

·      ITEM 4—Date of receiving for show or exhibit

·      ITEM 5—Show name

·      ITEM 6—pick up date

·      ITEMS 7, 8, 9—past three shows or exhibits

There, you see this wasn’t hard at all!