The junior partner is Patricia Contreras Torres,
who is also a painter exhibiting in Chile, England and the USA.
The senior partner is Colin John Holcombe, whose varied life
spans four careers. In the first he was an exploration geologist
working in Iran, Afghanistan, Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Bolivia and Chile. In the second he became a corporate high-flyer,
managing research and company acquisitions for the world's second-largest
mining company. He then became a writer, supporting himself
with typesetting, international numismatics (ancient and Asian
issues) and computer programming (helped program the world's
largest online gambling site).
In his fourth existence he became much
involved in the UK literary scene, acting as editor and
events organiser and publishing his poems in the better-known
small presses of the UK and USA. He currently writes and
manages a varied range of successful websites. Ecommerce
Digest sells an e-book to 45 countries. Poetry
Portal, PoetryMagic
and TextEtc
are listed on many thousands of university, educational
and literary sites, receiving over a million unique visitors
a year. Oil
Painting Techniques is a popular and detailed guide
to painting in oils.
Ocaso Press publishes literary work, and
a guide to publishing based on experience gained while managing
the Publishing Explained site.
