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What shall I do next?

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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I have been investigating new ways of making money online since my normal business of live performances and workshops has gone out of the window for the moment.

I have discovered that WordPress (who host this blog) allows you to get contributions from subscribers (monthly or annual) and that you can create subscriber only content.  You can also sell goods/services and collect donations through one off payments.

I am currently undecided as to what is best to do with these tools and wanted to get some feedback as to what my current readers would like to see me do next and what and how much you would be willing to pay for it.

Please leave comments by clicking the circle marked “reply” at the top of the page or vote in the poll below:

 

 

In the meanwhile for those who missed my previous post here is my video of the Vampire Rod Puppet I made inspired by Beverley Puppet Festival‘s making video from Merlin Puppet Theatre:

Beverley Puppet Festival – Vampire Rod Puppet cntd!

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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Here is the continuation of the making process of my vampire rod puppet.  This is following on from my previous post.  I am using the Beverley Puppet Festival making video by Merlin Puppet Theatre as my starting point but I have made one or two small changes.  As you will see the puppet is finished and I’m going to have a go at making a little video which I will put in my next post.

Puppet videos are not something I’m used to as I am generally a live performer, so it will be interesting to see what I can come up with.  Having had a little play, I have found so far that the length of the kebab skewers for the hand rods are a little short if you want to keep the puppeteer hidden.  Just for extra atmosphere we have had a thunder storm today – which (of course) finished just before I started filming!