I've been taking time out from writing, switching creative pursuits to make a quilt/playmat for my friend's beautiful daughter who was born on Wednesday. There seems to be a bit of an Easter theme going on, what with baskets of chicks and all, a bit unseasonal but hopefully it'll be considered appropriate for a newborn. I've been humming the Easter Hymn from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana over the drone of the sewing machine - not only a tidy connection but also useful practice as it's one of the pieces in my choir's Opera Gala concert in a few weeks' time. Going back 25 years, it also featured as register-signing music at our wedding service the day before Easter Sunday (on organ rather than a hundred-voice chorus and symphony orchestra)! Beautiful uplifting melodies.
The writing industry's coming on apace, though, with a few invoices already raised and a meeting with another client in the week ahead. I've had funding approved for a whole suite of business branding so I'll be meeting my local designer tomorrow to take forward my logo ideas and develop a house style. Exciting times. Next stop after that: a shiny new website that will give me the wherewithal to go in for some serious promotional work.
I keep coming back to the question 'why didn't I take the plunge into self-employment sooner?' as the scope for plundering my creativity is really stimulating, but I guess it's better late than never!
The writing industry's coming on apace, though, with a few invoices already raised and a meeting with another client in the week ahead. I've had funding approved for a whole suite of business branding so I'll be meeting my local designer tomorrow to take forward my logo ideas and develop a house style. Exciting times. Next stop after that: a shiny new website that will give me the wherewithal to go in for some serious promotional work.
I keep coming back to the question 'why didn't I take the plunge into self-employment sooner?' as the scope for plundering my creativity is really stimulating, but I guess it's better late than never!
