Started: 2018-01-24 Finished: 2018-01-24 The book had so many parallels to what I’ve learnt at DGPLUG that I decided to do this book’s notes here, instead of over at the home blog. I want to grow and become known enough to find my thousand true fans. I was lucky then, to find this book that has the exact same premise. You don’t really find an audience for your work; they find you. But it’s not enough to be good. In order to be found, you have to be findable. ...
(This is a rambling, introspective post, with no particular point to it, other than a reminder to my self to do better.) Kushal Das, wrote a lovely piece on inclusivity and generosity of spirit. What hit me though, (ergo this note to myself), was his thundering twist of a climax He goes through the post talking about how his life’s been one roller coaster of highs and lows and people pulling him down like crabs in a barrel, yet other mentors pushing him hard to do his best. ...
Kushal Das, on developing his writing chops … It boiled down to one thing. One has to write more. This is no short cut. So, I tried to do that throughout 2017. If I just look at the numbers, I wrote 60 blog posts in 2017, which is only 7 more than 2016. Austin Kleon, on trying to get his son to draw … Several times a day since October, ever since the Halloween decorations went up, my two-year-old son Jules has asked my wife or me to draw him an “x-ray.” (That’s his word for skeleton.) … We’ve drawn hundreds of skeletons for him, over and over and over again. He flat-out refuses to attempt drawing one for himself. ...