Wild Purple Phlox – Summer 2012
I picked the image above to represent this post because the summer of 2012 was when I became an official writer/photographer.
In the coming months, I might actually do a lot more teaching, but then I’ll be living all my dreams: to have time to do my art/photography/writing, teach Spanish and be more or less autonomous.
Oh, I have LOTS more dreams, but those are the current ones I’m trying to realize.
What does that mean for this blog? Nothing but excitement!
I wrote a goals post the other day, but I also wanted to do a “look ahead” post to see what’s in store for 2013.
Now that I have the new theme and a lot of related changes done, I’m focusing on a slight change of direction for this blog.
So what’s in store?
- Photo challenges that everyone can participate in and I’ll feature them here.
- Continue to build my Zazzle store and share my photography with you.
- Incorporate more of my regular artwork into this blog and have a separate gallery for it – these will be my paintings/drawings.
- Participation in photo challenges.
- Find more writers/photographers to blog hop with.
- Have at least 1-2 guest posts per month.
- Figure out once and for all how to do affiliate links on WordPress. It was no problem on Blogger, but for some reason it seems a lot more complicated on WP.
- Incorporate lots of vlogs.
- Manage my posts and sharing with Hootsuite. Yeah, I have an account with them but the last email I got from them was entitled, “Have you been eaten by alligators?”
- Increase my visibility with ad campaigns.
- Do a lot more travelling which will be conducive to a lot more pictures.
- Continue to build my Zazzle store, write a LOT more Hubs and have this website serve as the go-to point for my online presence.
- Branch out and do a lot more Spanish (yes, Spanish) teaching videos and put those on HubPages, but provide links here.
- Have thematic posts: like Flashback Fridays, Monochromatic Mondays, Wordless or Water Wednesdays and more.
- Focus on boosting my rankings on sites like BlogHer, BlogNation and Blogaholics. PS – if you like my site, will you vote for me? Click on the badge below and you can cast your vote…pretty please?
So there you have it. I’ll be posting a January photo challenge very soon, but until then, Happy New Year!
Enjoy my year-in-review photo vlog (sorry, the captions uploaded a little weirdly; they were fine when I clicked “save movie” so who knows, haha):
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Oh Cyndi loved your photo montage. Can’t wait to see where 2013 takes you and your blog, too. Have a very Happy New Year!!!
Great goals for the coming year and gorgeous photos on your vlog! (and loved that one of Hash Brown too.:)) Happy New Year!
Your plan sounds awesome! I love the way you put together the photos of the year. Wishing you tons of luck, happiness and prosperity in the New Year!
I’m so excited to see your photos for the new year. I love them all. oxox
And I forgot to mention – your Christmas photo collection will always have a special place in my heart! Looking at them, taking them in, somehow brought me peace and hope during a difficult time. I’m not sure how you captured hope in an image…but you did. Thank you for that.
Amy – that makes my day. I just had to make sure you knew that. You also gave me an idea….
Lovely photos. Best of luck in 2013.
Thank you so much! It’s awesome to see you here.
This is so exciting! I can’t believe how far you’ve come in the few months that I’ve known you! Can’t wait to see all that you get up to, and especially your vlogs! Yay!
You should be so proud of all you’ve accomplished. xx
Great thoughts for the New Year my friend; I wish you well on all of them. Happy New Year lil’ Sis and thank you for your friendship.
Awesome stuff. Love your photos! You’re so talented!
You are such a talented photographer, all the best for 2013!
Rambling Amazon – thank you so much! Great to see you here. Best wishes for an awesome 2013!
Love your creativity, Cyndi.
Wishing you the best!
CC, what an exciting path you have laid out for yourself! I have no doubt that you will not only succeed in your endeavors, but you will shine as brightly as the stars you photograph. It has been an honor and a pleasure to follow you this far and I look forward to watching your blazing comet in 2013. May it be all you wish for and more.
Cyndi – I loved following in 2012 and will learn more tricks of yours in 2013 I hope! Keep on taking those gorgeous photos for me:)
Love the photo montage… you take such beautiful photographs! You really have an excellent eye! Happy New Year to you, Cyndi!
WIll participate in your challenge, which sounds like fun and I believe I’m catching the shutterbug from you!! Looking forward!
As I’ve said before, you’re going to succeed, no doubt! Great video of all your photos! Keep at it and you’re gonna be really big one day! A lot of the stuff you take shots of is just the stuff many of the magazines are buying. Good luck!
I expect that you will do very well in ‘the 13′ with the support of so many in concert with your (rather impressive) determination, there is surely going to be a bountifulness to the next 12 months.
A lovely montage of your wonderful photos. xo
Congratulations on becoming “official” an awesome achievement! Thanks for sharing so much, it’s great to have a plan.
Good luck with all of your upcoming adventures.
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Joyce – thank you so much! Your comment went to my spam folder and I only just got your comment. *sorry* I need to get into the habit of checking those spam folders more often, lol.