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Creative Achievements for 2016!

2016, WOW. I can’t believe it’s actually over.

This is one of the first years that literally did NOT fly by for me. It felt exactly as long as a year should feel, I think, and though we’ve definitely had a huge share of tragedy (politically, socially, personally), I still think it’s worth looking to the bright side of life at least for just a moment.

2016 was a year of liberation, rebirth, and revitalization for me, though it didn’t come without hard work, sacrifice, and a lot of tears. Still, seeing this year through to the end allowed me to achieve A LOT on a creative, professional, and personal basis, and it taught me the true meaning of perseverance. I feel like I’ve built a pretty good foundation for 2017.

So! Let’s get into it, then! Here’s the round up for 2016, followed by some more in depth details!

Creative Achievements for 2016: The Round Up!

59 blog posts for my author site written / recorded, and posted
41 new, unique IPs added to the Rebel Ragdoll project slate
38 meaty, creative training signature courses completed
30 creative training masterclasses attended, complete with notes
20+ author brand and marketing action plans created
18 courses conceptualized for The Bohemian Badass
15 leisure books read
12 book reviews written and posted
8 blog posts for The Bohemian Badass written and posted
8 in-depth course outlines developed for The Bohemian Badass
8 creative & career opportunities applied to:

3 rejections received,
3 creative applications withdrawn, and,
2 won and accepted!


5 MFA scholarships and fellowships acquired
4 live masterclasses hosted
3 beta-level courses designed and developed for The Bohemian Badass
3 novels re-distributed internationally
2 website home pages redesigned
2 new blog post series created for my author brand: the Creative Journal and the Weekly Hustle
1 three-year creative action plan for my personal, creative, and business growth finished
1 massive personal, business, AND creative budget finished
1 author brand totally rebooted!
1 fully-funded acceptance into my dream program: the MFA in Generative Dramaturgy program at The University of Arizona
1 challenging grad school semester completed
1 production portfolio completed
1 company prospectus for The Doll Theatre completed
1 arts festival handbook and grant proposal completed
1 arts festival in development + 1 Masters’ Thesis in development
1 personalized summer filmmaking institute created
1 book distribution tracker created
1 marketing plan reboot
1 new podcast series (soft) launched
1 new company logo created (for Rebel Ragdoll Productions)!
1 major epiphany on life’s purpose realized
1 awesome apartment acquired in Tucson
1 healthier diet and routine adopted
1 light, daily exercise routine launched
1 life officially in order (after countless hours of financial / administrative organization and stress)
1 happy, healthy, loving toddler
More awesome graphic design skills attained
Countless writing tools and templates developed for personal creative use and for The Bohemian Badass
Started and maintained the Dreamer135 Project for the short films I want to create and showcase

So yes, this year was definitely about re-acclimating to being a career-driven, creatively-driven woman and balancing that out with motherhood and other things. It was about freedom, rebirth, and the revitalization of my dreams.

So awesome, and SO EXCITING! And what’s more, I achieved 3.5 out of my 5 major goals for 2016, and I can continue working on them from here. Now, here are the dirty dirty details on my accomplishments!

Weekly Hustle & Creative Wins: WEEKS 45-52 (10/31/16 – 12/26/16)

THOUGHTS, RAMBLINGS, WHATEVS

DUDE, the semester is OVER, and I’ve been away from my Weekly Hustle posts for two whole months!

As you can tell, things have been super busy, but now that grad school is over, Christmas is around the corner, and New Year’s is down the block, it’s time to start taking stock of this past year.

So for a JUST couple days, I’m BACK with two posts on the horizon:

this Weekly Hustle post for weeks 45-52 (10/31/16-12/26/16), and,
my annual 2016 Creative Achievements Review and Round up!

When the New Year rolls around, I’ll also be posting my annual 2017 Creative Goals post! But as of 12/26/16 to 12/1/2017, I’ll be away from both my Weekly Hustle blog and my Creative Journal blog. Because it’s time to spend some time with the fam (and writing my projects, of course)!

Book Review: “Theatre in Theory: 1900-2000” Edited by David Krasner

Theatre in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology by David Krasner

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I read this book for my Dramatic Theory 601 course; it was assigned as a foundational requirement of my MFA program for Generative Dramaturgy. While I’d obviously never choose this book for light, happy, and escapist reading, Krasner’s anthology provides a really solid foundation and cross section of history, theory, and context for how we experience theatre and theatre arts. Reading and analyzing this book actually helped me to start writing my first grant application for the arts, and it also helped me (as an uninitiated theatre person) to get a great background in the conversations and perspectives being held in the field.

Having said this, though, I was hoping to hear MANY MORE voices from communities of color, queer and transgender communities, international perspectives, differently-abled communities, and just from WOMEN, period. The representation of these different perspectives wasn’t non-existent in this text, but tended to lack in certain places.

Overall, though, a solid text for any theatre class looking to explore history and scholarship in and of the theatre.

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Rock on, READ on,

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Colby’s Creative Journal (12/23/16): Haters, Breaking Badass, and Holiday Hiatus

Today’s a two-part journal, because I was honestly way too lazy to append the two parts together into one, lol! A short, but sweet interlude on how to handle haters, naysayers, or anyone else who would block you from achieving your dreams. ALSO, creative updates, fiction updates, and an introduction to two projects I’m working on at The Bohemian Badass!

Part I of II

Part II of II

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Weekly Hustle & Creative Wins: WEEKS 45-51 (10/31/16 – 12/18/16)

THOUGHTS, RAMBLINGS, WHATEVS

DUDE, the semester is OVER, and I’ve been away from my Weekly Hustle poats for nearly two whole months!

As you can tell, things have been super busy, but I’m back now, grad school is over, and I’m ready to report in.

Colby’s Creative Journal (12/18/16): Blogging, Vlogging, and Reflection

Some interesting and unexpected revelations on being a blogger-entrepreneur, creative educator, and author-entrepreneur in the arts.

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Colby’s Creative Journal (12/15/16): Awesome Day, Awesome Progress

More updates! Strangely, there’s nothing particular about this day that makes it different from any other, except that I guess I’m feeling pumped! Actually, that’s not really true. I’ve pushed forward a film series idea I’ve had and I’m excited about how it’s evolving.

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Colby’s Creative Journal (12/14/16): Writing a Badass Horror Screenplay

Just dropping in for yet another update on my creative progress, and this time, I’m giving you guys a tour of a cool horror novel writing and horror screenwriting template I put together!

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Colby’s Creative Journal (12/13/16): Updates n’ Stuff

So, today, I have to present my portfolio to my grad school committee. Not nervous, just tired. + updates from yesterday’s hustle!

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Colby’s Creative Journal (12/11/16): Fighting Creative Isolation

We get a *teeny* deep today, y’all. This was actually supposed to have been posted yesterday, but as usual, #LIFE. In any case, I think you fellow creatives– writers, filmmakers, screenwriters, game designers, bloggers, etc– might be able to vibe with some of the issues I’m talking about here. Creative Isolation. We all go through it, so let’s talk about it!

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