The thing that is no longer just an idea but now a real thing that you can buy...

I've almost finished the biggest personal project of my life thus far:

A book!

Earlier this year I had the idea that I would like to put together a book for the Creative Women's Circle. Having gone through some ups and downs in my creative career over the last 18 months, some moments of self-doubt and asking the question 'where to next?', I wanted to ask other creative women, people who I have admired or who intrigue me, how they do it. How they got to where they are. Do they ever have those moments?

Putting together this book has been a fantastic learning experience, and a perfect storm of creativity, challenge, organisation and developing strategies to overcoming that creeping self-doubt. Having designed a fair few books in my job, that part was relatively easy - but I have learned a LOT about the other side/s of the publishing dodecahedron: writing, publishing, printing, marketing etc.

Soon, boxes of these things will be arriving on my doorstep, and I am 85% okay with my taking the risk of self-funding and self-promoting this thing so that each and every one finds a new home and a happy reader.

But probably the best thing about this book, even if it only sells a dozen copies*, has been the connections I've made with other creatives around Melbourne and interstate, and the overwhelming support I've received thus far for this little project from friends and family. It's already paid for itself**.

Over here I reveal who is interviewed in the book and if you're really taken, perhaps you could pre-order it! I have some great ideas for packaging and I can't wait to have a big pre-Christmas wrap-fest posting them out to everyone.

*Lordy I hope it sells more than a dozen copies.
** Not literally. It would be great if you helped me pay for it.