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The Thirty Third


creating through the thirty-third year of my life * enjoy!

Day 189: I love ebooks!

I love books and also the new world of ebooks. Although I don't have a Kindle or a Nook, I like what the ereaders have created as far as a new reading world. I like being able to read books on my computer and iPad, but also still like the paper books too.

Well, it's been a secret passion of mine to design, layout, and create books for a long time. A friend of mine (Jen Shepard) has published an ebook and wanted a cover design for it... Here book is: Must Have Wings. Here are the designs I created for her (the first is the one that was chosen).

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Day 188: A Novel

I've been writing a coming-of-age children's/young adult novel called Annville for the past 3-4 years. I'm very close to being done with my portion of editing. I'm putting this up here to make me get it done. I only have 2-3 more scenes to tweak and a few more edits to make. My goal is to have it done in the next week.

So, below are the first 10 pages.

If you'd like to recieve the entire book draft & be part of the first readership group and offer feedback, please comment below or send me a message through my contact form.

In about a week I'll send out the entirety of the book in PDF format to whomever wants to read the first completed draft (I'm limiting this to 10 people at first I think, so think fast! FYI.)

Click here to download:
Annville_2012_Draft,_Pages1-11,_Megan_Evans.pdf (266 KB)
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Dear Blog and Readers....

Hello neglected blog.

Hello faithful readers and friends.

One thing I've learned in my 33rd year of life is that creating one thing every day for entire year is difficult. But I also must look at the bigger picture:

This year I have moved more toward my dreams and made some significant changes. In September 2011 I gave my resignation at my 40-hour-a-week job, but I didn't actually leave that job completely until mid-December. So 3 months of my 33rd year were spent working a full-time job while working on other projects and jobs and ramping up thoughts, work, and ideas for how this new season of my life might look. (Jenn Peppers at Verge Coaching has helped me tremendously in this endeavor as well as Adam who knew I could make the change even before I did.) December 2011 and January 2012 have been a whirlwind, but one I've been excited to get wrapped up in.

I have created over these past few months some new goals, which will have to suffice for all the neglected 33rd Project time: 

  • to be a creator
  • to create beauty
  • to do great work
  • to build relationships with people locally
  • to help people move forward (whether in business, in goals, in dreams)
  • to be an asset to people in their work using my talents, knowledge and skill

My daily work now revolves around: graphic design, web design and development, illustration, book design, ebook design, literary and other creative writing, and art (in many forms and fashions).  Some of that sounds a little vague, but there's still more work to do to narrow my focus... but if there's something else I've learned this year, it's also that I'm a variety girl.

It's only been now, two months into this change, that I'm able to take a break, reflect and look back. March 11, 2012 is the end of the 365 (366) days that this blog will have been in existence.... until then I'm going to try again to create daily again, now that I have a bit of time to devote to moments of "making" again. 

Is there anything you want to see over this last month of dedicated creativity?