Month: November 2011
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The Key to Creativity
November 26, 2011Did anyone out there read the article about Google this morning in the Age? What an extraordinary phenomena is Google. But the information that really resonates with me, in that article, is the fact that staff at Google are allocated 20% of their time to work on their own projects. So in reality, Google are letting people play. This play time created what we now know as gmail. This relates to something I was talking about a few posts back about restocking the well.
To be creative, you really do need to play, go out and talk to people, be adventurous. That’s why artists, writers, musicians say they are ‘working’ when they’re lying on the couch, sitting in cafes people watching or perusing galleries. So for EVERYONE, no matter what industry you’re in, the key to being creative is to play.
So give yourself permission to do just that. Be silly, playful, waste some time. You’ll be amazed at what you’ll discover about yourself, how you’ll solve some incessant problem and guess what? You’ll enjoy doing it.
The Power of Books
November 9, 2011In the these changing times it’s a fact that books are going to become fewer. But I think that books are going to become very special. Specialised in fact.
Words take on a life of their own once printed and having the tactile object in my hand is very important. I think that’s why I have gravitated to all things publishing. I love the whole process of taking a manuscript and transforming it into a book.
Once upon a time, publishing was more like secret-mens-business. Men ran the company and it felt like some private club that only the prestigious could enter. Welcome the digital age and Hey Presto! publishing really is so easy. And if anyone asks me how to do it, I’m more than happy to share what I know.
In the meantime, Busybird is growing from strength to strength as a boutique publisher and we’re happy to help anyone become a published author whether they’re a budding novelist, a business owner, a poet or a family historian. There are so many great books yet to be made and YOU the creator can have total control over the whole process when creating your own custom published book.
And if you really want to be at the forefront of the digital age, why not make your book an ebook?