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ThemeWord 2010

on December 30, 2009

For the past few years, I’ve come up with a single word to describe my overall goals and direction for the year. During 2009, it has been ACTION. And my single-minded goal was to simply take action on anything and everything I felt compelled to.

While I can’t say I did everything on my goal list, I must say that I got A LOT more done this way than any other method I’ve ever tried. I think that’s because taking ACTION is just so darn simple. There really isn’t anything else to do with it! You either take the action or you don’t. There is no in-between. Not much room for error. ;-)

And so I’m doing it again for 2010.

This time, my ThemeWord is going to be CREATE. I think it’s right along the same lines as ACTION – it doesn’t really allow much wiggle room. You either create or you don’t. It’s that simple. No shades of gray.

Kinda like Yoda said “Do or do not, there is no try.”

I hope you’ll come along for the ride! It should be exciting!

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Write Another Book

on February 19, 2008

I’ve been thinking . . . that it’s about time to write another book. Since October, I’ve been extremely busy with my coursework for my Graphic Design Bachelor’s degree but I’ve done a bit of soul searching lately and come up the same thing I always conclude – I’m a writer.

Sure, I absolutely love graphic design. I’ve been doing it for over 17 years now and I’ll never tire of it. But my heart is in writing. Always has been. And I find that I am most fluid in the rest of my life when I’m busy writing. Something. Anything. Just writing.

I’m not sure if I’ll continue my degree or not at this point although I’m really leaning towards not right now. I still need to discuss this with my husband and see what he thinks. But my heart just isn’t in any more education. At least, not for design. I only decided to go back to school and get a Bachelor’s to brush up on the newer design programs and such anyway. Since October, I’ve learned a lot and it might be enough for me to be satisfied with the level of knowledge I have as a designer.

I’ll continue to be a part of the design world, continue to freelance as a designer but what I *really* want to spend my time doing is writing.

So . . . another book. Not sure exactly what yet but I feel there’s something brewing. ;-) I have a list of ideas I’ve been creating for a while now, just waiting for the right mindset to get going on. Maybe it’ll be one of them. Or maybe something else altogether.

I’ll continue to explore this here if you want to follow along. ;-)

More soon!

~ Annie

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It’s NaNoWriMo Time!

on October 26, 2007

Get ready – NaNoWriMo 2007 is coming!

Yep, next week is November 1st – the official beginning of National Novel Writing Month. And as I have for the past 2 years, I’ll be participating. However, my goal is to actually WIN this year. ;-) See, the previous 2 years, I haven’t managed to make the 50,000 word mark that is required to “win” NaNoWriMo but this year, I plan to make it.

Last week I bought Chris Baty’s “No Plot? No Problem!” and it’s a great little book. I think it’s going to be very helpful in actually getting me across the finish line this time. I’ll try to update my progress every few days here. And if you’re participating, please let me know! We can help each other out.

~ Annie

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