What Colour is 2016?

Can a year be a specific colour? Is this some sort of synaesthetic experiment?

Well, not exactly. I have written several posts about BlueWater Books and also about the new creative project “Blue: experiments in sound”. So, the nearest I get to a resolution for the new year is to say that this is the year when these two things come to fruition.

I am at the late stages of editing “Believing in what we do” which was the book I wrote the first draft of last August when I did a weekend writing marathon. It’s a book about the importance of values based working. It traces my own journey in developing a values-based approach and looks at other approaches. There are also descriptions of techniques that can be used to develop a values-based approach. I’m at the stage now of looking at layout and best platform to publish on (ideas always welcome). As part of this, I have been extensively researching self-publishing through books and online courses. Udemy is a particularly good site for short courses using video and PDF.

When this book goes live that will be the launch of BlueWater Books which has been dormant for at least 10 years now.

The other project – Blue: Experiments in Sound – which will also appear through the same channel is the creative project. It is a writing and sound project. I have almost completed the album comprising 15 tracks and have a short book of poetry to accompany it. This will be another instalment in the long running series of books about a character called Blue. I am thinking of producing different editions of this project. The basic edition will be an mp3 album and PDF, the deluxe edition will be a CD with a booklet. I am also wondering whether to produce a limited edition with the CD and booklet plus short run editions of the previous 3 booklets about the same character.

I will let you know when this venture goes live.

So, if you ask me what colour is 2016, I would have to say it will definitely be blue: and a bold and brave blue at that!

Also published on Medium.