Celebrating New Year 31/12/13
Hopefully you celebrated the old year and welcomed the new, in your own way – and enjoyed it! So what’s your New Year resolution?
After I’d done a short course at KSP Writers’ Centre: ‘Sound Recording for the PC using Audacity with Chris Oakeley’, I was inspired to have a go with a poem I’d written for a friend’s wedding. Sound Cloud was handy, already available on my computer (because I hadn’t uploaded the Audacity disk Chris gave me yet) and although one dimensional compared to Chris’ teachings, assuaged my immediate need to try and be ‘clever’.
I hadn’t looked at the workshop information since but discovered it again after clearing my desk today, and I wanted to share a sample of a recording I did with Chris. But I can’t see how to do it on here… so back to Sound Cloud. (It’s a first attempt and not a good recording, I’m afraid you’ll have to turn the sound up to listen.)
When I wanted to put together a one-off printed book of photos and words as a gift for my hubby, I also discovered ‘Blurb’ . Construction was easy and the result professional – I was pleased and so was he.
Blurb now offer the opportunity to do an e-book version, to include sound files and if I want to, I can also sell it through their website. I’m thinking my ‘Santa’s Swim’ would work: I could read the text as the pages are turned…
There are many opportunities these clever days to do all sorts of things with your writing, to present it on many mediums and try to appeal to all tastes.
The thing is; finding time to take advantage of all these opportunities while paying the bills (when I’d rather be writing) while endeavoring to find creative space between the natural demands of family.
That will have to be my New Years Resolution: to do an e-book – then add sound!
What’s yours?
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