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For the past several years, I’ve been creating blog headers and ebook covers for friends and family but it’s not something I’ve really put out there for my design or writing clients (or on this blog, for that matter).

Until now.

Introducing my blog header and ebook cover design project!

It’s brand new and as a result, I’ve decided to offer a very cheap introductory price of just $55 per graphic. Now, if you’ve looked at my fee schedule for my other services, you will know this is a rock-bottom offer here. And I’m doing it this low for one reason: YOU! To show my appreciation for you - for reading my blog, for following me on Twitter or FriendFeed or wherever. It’s all for you.

So, if you have a blog or an ebook you need a design for, let’s talk! I offer a 72 hour guarantee which means I guarantee you’ll have your design in 72 hours or less. You’ll get the file as your choice of a JPG, PNG, or a GIF in the case of a header and your choice of JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF or Word doc in the case of an ebook cover design.

To find out more, simply follow this link to my contact form, send me a quick description of your blog or ebook cover project and if we decide it makes sense to work together, I’ll get started. (The contact form is broken at the moment so in the meantime, just send me an email to my business email.)

If you don’t need a blog header or an ebook cover, please feel free to send a link to this post to anyone you know who might need one. I’d appreciate it!

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As you may know, over the weekend, I went on a de-cluttering spree in my office to make room for a new desk and although it’s taken a bit longer than I expected (due to some issues with our septic system!!!), it is nearly finished. I expect to have pics and all up by Wednesday.

Like I mentioned earlier, it’s a bit weird having drawers in my desk again. Out of 6 drawers, I only have stuff in 2 of them so far. Aside from that, the nicest part of the whole thing is that my desk top isn’t FULL of STUFF. Right now, I have the office phone, cell phone, my MacBook Pro, wireless Mighty Mouse and my coffee mug on it. And instead of taking me 30 seconds to find things, it only takes 2.

One drawback so far - the kids think “Oh look, mom has room on her desk. I’ll just set my papers and junk artwork here.”

Yeah, I’ve had to clear their stuff off my desk once or twice today. (Can you tell? )

Anyway, I’ll tell you about the septic issues another day. For now, I’m just going to sit here and enjoy my new desk and listen to the radio before heading off to bed. It’s already midnight . . .

Make $10k in a weekend - “Too good to be true.” That’s the first thing I said when
I heard of http://tinyurl.com/5lq2g4. You can’t REALLY make $10K in a weekend. But I quickly bit my tongue once I saw the content. . .

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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It’s about 11:30 pm and I’m sitting at my new desk typing this post! Yay!

Everything came together well (though not exactly as I had envisioned due to a few pieces I had to leave in the room for the time being). And I’m not quite finished organizing the bits and pieces but at least things are set up for the most part.

So far, I really like the shape and size of the new desk. Having drawers again is very cool but it’ll take some getting used to since it’s been a few years now since I’ve had a desk with drawers.

I really think taking the time to do this is going to prove to be an enlightening experience. My husband says he thinks it means I’ll end up with work coming out my ears. I sure hope so. (He’s very good at de-cluttering, thank goodness! So when I get a hankerin’ to do so, he jumps right in and helps me get it done.)

Tomorrow I plan to finish up the re-organizing, putting things away, shredding papers I don’t need to keep any longer and taking more pics of the process. Once all of that is done, I’ll grab the card reader from the teenager and upload them for you.

You know what I envy, though? Those totally minimalistic spaces with nothing but desk, chair and computer.  I wish I could work that simply.

Maybe someday . . .

Right now, however, it’s time to take my tired arse and seriously aching back to bed before I can’t move and have to have my husband carry me there.

In the arena . . . er, going to bed?? as the case may be,

Make $10k in a weekend - “Too good to be true.” That’s the first thing I said when
I heard of http://tinyurl.com/5lq2g4. You can’t REALLY make $10K in a weekend. But I quickly bit my tongue once I saw the content. . .

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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Well, I’ve gotten about half of my office cleared and things are shaping up for the re-organization. Taking a quick break to fix the kids some lunch and to vacuum.

I’ve taken a few pictures of what it looks like at this point (had to charge the camera batteries so unfortunately, no pics of the actual “before”). I’ll post everything later along with the final results pics once that’s accomplished. My daughter has my card reader - takes too much time to get the reader from her and get it setup to do right now otherwise I’d post them here.

Looks like I’m on track to be ready when my husband gets home with the new desk! Yay! I measured out where things are going to go and my guesstimates were right on so things should fit together nicely.

One of the major bonuses is that the new desk has drawers on both sides so a lot of the stuff I generally end up keeping on top of the desk will be able to be stowed away when not in use. It’s going to help a lot, I think.

Now, if only I can get the kids to keep their toys out of here . . .

Until later,

PS - Well, isn’t that interesting - we just had a 10 minute summer rain shower. Cool! Now I might not have to water the plants this evening. Downside - kids are now INSIDE making loads of noise.

Make $10k in a weekend - “Too good to be true.” That’s the first thing I said when
I heard of http://tinyurl.com/5lq2g4. You can’t REALLY make $10K in a weekend. But I quickly bit my tongue once I saw the content. . .

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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It seems that clearing clutter is a hot topic lately - I’ve seen various posts and articles on a wide range of blogs and websites discussing it, many in the past week. And it’s not that I’m trying to follow the herd, so to speak, but it’s something that’s been on my mind in the past several weeks. As such, I’ve decided to add my .02¢ to the fray. Apparently, I’m not alone in thinking a lot about it.

One of my biggest clutter areas (in fact, really the only clutter area in the entire house) is my office. I’ve always been of the mind that “A messy desk is the sign of a genius” as the saying goes. But in this fast-paced, stress-filled world (and the equally fast-paced, stress-filled world of freelance writing and design), clutter is not one’s friend and being surrounded by it while trying to work with any sense of function and accomplishment is just plain nuts.

A couple of days ago, I was on a teleseminar about clearing clutter and until I heard these women speaking about it, I hadn’t entirely realized that my space was so chaotic. I figured if I could clear off my desk by the end of the day, I was doing good. But apparently, that’s not enough. One of the biggest things I took away from the call was that the physical clutter is also clogging other areas of your life - finances, business, relationships and pretty much everything else. Clearing out the clutter and releasing anything that doesn’t work or serve a purpose, is essential for moving forward in your life.

And yes - that means those size 3 jeans hiding in the back of your closet that you swear you will get into again “someday.”

All of that to say - I’m spending the next couple of days totally re-arranging and re-organizing my entire office - the desk, the closet, the bookshelf - everything. If it doesn’t work, doesn’t fit, doesn’t whatever, it’s outta here! I’ve found the perfect new desk and it will be arriving tomorrow afternoon so I’ve got lots of work ahead of me to be ready when it gets here. Although my husband doesn’t know it yet, he’ll be picking it up for me after he gets off work. ;-)  (It’s a good thing he’s such sweetie.)

I’m hoping that my space will turn out to be minimalist (to a certain degree) and yet have everything easily accessible. If there’s room, my husband might get lucky enough to share the space instead of having his computer in the middle of the living room. Fortunately, he doesn’t “work” there so it isn’t cluttered with papers, books and all that stuff. But still, it’s an eyesore I’d rather not have in my living room. So, hopefully this re-organization of my office will benefit that, too.

Alright then - better get started! Let me know your thoughts - do you have a cluttered place in your home, your office, your car, or wherever that needs to be cleared out? What are you holding onto that no longer serves a purpose? What can you get rid of? I’d love to hear from you!

Speak soon,

Annie

Make $10k in a weekend - “Too good to be true.” That’s the first thing I said when
I heard of http://tinyurl.com/5lq2g4. You can’t REALLY make $10K in a weekend. But I quickly bit my tongue once I saw the content. . .

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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I’ve been using this totally cool service called “I Want Sandy” - a digital personal assistant. Very cool!

Take a look at this . . .

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Hi,

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Talk amongst yourselves!

Annie

I help my clients by remembering life’s daily details (meetings, birthdays, to-dos, phone numbers, bookmarks, etc.) and sending reminders just when they need them — so they can focus on what’s important. And I can do the same for you!

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This is an email she will send my friends if they wish to sign up. If you want to sign up - it’s totally free to do so - drop me an email real quick or post your name and email in the comments and I’ll see that Sandy contacts you ASAP.

PS - Look for my review of “Testing” - James Brausch’s monthly newsletter. I’ll be reviewing the latest copy that just came out today on Tuesday afternoon.

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Chris Brogan, who blogs on commercial and social media topics, recently asked his readers to share his blog with others on his “Subscription Drive” post.

I’ve been reading Chris’ blog for about 8 months or so and usually find great topics that are helpful in a variety of ways. If you use the web for marketing, business, or any kind of social media, I encourage you to check it out.

~ Annie

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