It may come as little surprise to anyone who has followed this blog over the last several months (or longer) that the life of Kevin has remained in a state of flux.

As oblique as some of my references have been, one clear development has been that I have increasingly gravitated towards working with words—i.e., writing and editing: two collections of poetry published in 2014, another one in the making, and a possible non-poetry book in process. Additionally, nearly 100% of the minuscule income I have generated over the last eighteen months has come from copy editing.

Even so, I have surprised myself this week by proclaiming on two occasions that I am no longer particularly interested in doing graphic design for a living. On the one hand, it shouldn’t be a huge revelation, since my total lack of interest in web design/development has pretty much limited my job prospects from the get-go, and I have long found myself at odds with the graphic-design-as-corporate-marketing focus of the field—I also have zero interest in working for a huge agency or a large corporation (sorry, Microsquish and Amazon!). In addition, I have never been interested in ‘networking’; I understand the idea of establishing contacts in order to get work, but I find such a mercenary approach to be offensive, quite frankly. Still, I had hoped that the work I have done would help me to find similar work. Instead, on the few occasions when I have been seriously considered, I have been deemed to have either too little or too much experience.

So, there it is. While I won’t say that I am leaving graphic design behind completely, going forward, it is no longer my primary focus. I have more experience as an editor (going back to 1987), and am much better at editing than I am at design—at least, I have more confidence in my abilities as a copy editor.

I will soon be adding a Services page to my web site, where I will set out what I can offer, and what I will charge. It’s a start…

(15 January 2015)