At the end of last week, I was sitting in my office chair after a lot of hand-to-hand combat with a pair of websites. Consulting is a good gig, but I do recall leaning back and wondering if I couldn’t scare up a pure writing gig.
No web responsibilities. No integration. No project management.
No connecting the tech dots.
Early this week, the call came. “You want to write our annual report?”
No, I haven’t written one in years. And yes, I’m pleased to write yours.
You ask, and sometimes the universe answers.
Keep writing (and asking), Tom Chandler.
Love it. And how interesting that within the hour before reading your post, I’d finally gotten around to rewriting something I’d jotted down who knows when, neatly onto a “fresh” 3″ x 5″ card so I can keep it in sight as a reminder:
“Figure out what you want and learn how to ask for it.”
Lisa Shara(Quote) (Reply)
I think 3″ x 5″ cards are making a comeback. At least they are over here. Handy things.
TC(Quote) (Reply)
Nice score — those are usually fun, depending on who’s in charge. And how much leeway you get. I’ve noticed that many are becoming a little more experimental lately, getting away from the dry fact-on-fact droning to something closer to what people might actually read. Hope yours is in that direction too.
I rely upon the Universe for most of my writing gigs; at least I have done for the last several years. Hasn’t let me down yet.
~Graham
Graham Strong(Quote) (Reply)
My experience in the 80s and 90s was that they used to be something you’d want to read — right up until they were taken away from PR and handed over to investor relations (I’m oversimplifying, but…).
Then, of course, zippy annuals largely went out of style.
This one should be interesting, and — even better — all the design and production problems I create are someone else’s problem. Can’t beat that.
TC(Quote) (Reply)