This Saturday I’ve got a photo shoot to get portraits of me for author’s bios and for my website. I’m really looking forward to going. It gives me an excuse to buy cut flowers and dress pretty on the same day. Then I get to exercise my creativity trying to help create photos of me that I’ll like. I really hope it works. I think the last time I really liked a picture taken of me was my high school graduation photos. I’ve had acceptable photos since then, but nothing I really liked. This is probably because I’ve always gone to places like Sears or Pennys. I’ll sit there trying to explain that I want to be creative and they stare at me blankly then take fairly standard boring shots. This time I’ve bartered a shoot with a real photographer. I’m trading a blog mention on Howard’s site for the pictures. I love being able to barter. Everyone wins.
I’m also excited to unveil my website. It is all done except for the bio picture. It doesn’t have very many stories or essays on it yet, but there are enough to get started. I’ll be using the site as an online portfolio. It will be a place to point people when they want to see what I do. There will also be stories and essays that I’ll withhold because they are destined for print. Now I just have to print up business cards and I’ll be set for upcoming convention appearances. Of course I don’t really have a true convention appearance until next year at Ad Astra, but I’ll be stopping by both Emerald City Comic Con at the end of this month and Conduit in May. And when I do stop by, I’ll be able to hand out my cards like a real writing professional.
Today is also the first 60 degree day of the spring. I got outside in the sunshine and began to clear away the detritus in my flower beds. My bulbs are all starting to come up and I have to pull all the dead grass off of them so that they have a chance to thrive. The crocus plants are already beginning to bloom which makes me happy. I also found some hyacinths and daffodils which are getting ready to put on a show. I love flowers. I really want to pay more attention to my yard this year so that I can have more flowers and fewer weeds. This is a familiar spring desire. Usually by July I get tired and busy with other things and so I end up clearing out piles of dead weeds the following spring.
So I’m anticipating pictures, flowers, and my website. Yay!
Yay!
Yay!
Yay spring (somewhere)
Yay for spring somewhere. We finally recieved most of our winter allotment of snowfall over the last 2-3 weeks and now have about 2 feet of snow in the yard. It makes me happy to hear about flowers happening somewhere, even if I have to wait a while.
Yay spring (somewhere)
Yay for spring somewhere. We finally recieved most of our winter allotment of snowfall over the last 2-3 weeks and now have about 2 feet of snow in the yard. It makes me happy to hear about flowers happening somewhere, even if I have to wait a while.
Good luck on Saturday! I think you and Kristyan will work really well together, she’s a very creative person, so I think she’ll appreciate what you’re going for. 🙂
Good luck on Saturday! I think you and Kristyan will work really well together, she’s a very creative person, so I think she’ll appreciate what you’re going for. 🙂
Yay for spring indeed. Here in Seattle, it suddenly got beautiful (though still a bit chilly) on Monday. We’re finally into spring here, too, and by the time you visit at the end of the month, it should be nearly perfect.
Yay for spring indeed. Here in Seattle, it suddenly got beautiful (though still a bit chilly) on Monday. We’re finally into spring here, too, and by the time you visit at the end of the month, it should be nearly perfect.
Yay!
I sat in the sun today and worked on my revision. It’s hard to sit in the sun and read a laptop screen at the same time, but I did it anyway, because I wanted to soak it up while I could.
Yay!
I sat in the sun today and worked on my revision. It’s hard to sit in the sun and read a laptop screen at the same time, but I did it anyway, because I wanted to soak it up while I could.
I’m excited to see the site – and I really hope you can get some good photos – I will suggest the little park down by the Pizza Factory in Provo, by the hair school – it’s right by the river, with a gazebo, and some really picturesque trees – great if you want maybe a romantic dreamy feeling in some of your photos – very fairyland.
I’m excited to see the site – and I really hope you can get some good photos – I will suggest the little park down by the Pizza Factory in Provo, by the hair school – it’s right by the river, with a gazebo, and some really picturesque trees – great if you want maybe a romantic dreamy feeling in some of your photos – very fairyland.
Good suggestion on the location, but unfortunately the photographer is located in Farmington. We weren’t sure that the weather would be good, so we scheduled an indoor shoot in her studio.
Good suggestion on the location, but unfortunately the photographer is located in Farmington. We weren’t sure that the weather would be good, so we scheduled an indoor shoot in her studio.
Oooh, good point – it was rainy all last night, so who knows about the weather on Saturday…
Still, finding a photographer willing to work towards creative shots is a good good thing!
Oooh, good point – it was rainy all last night, so who knows about the weather on Saturday…
Still, finding a photographer willing to work towards creative shots is a good good thing!