Love this post as a member of that small Venn diagram overlap "watch list." This is the reason I've followed your work through the different stages over that last 10+ years. Unapologetic authentically being yourself. That's your personal monopoly - being you.
With age, I've embraced and leaned into being the square peg in many settings. I used to wonder why some people lose their filters as they get older. Now I know it's being more comfortable with ourselves and giving less f**ks about what people think of us.
Love this. Striving to embrace my own unique weirdness right now, while I’m going through a major life change. Suitable time: everything is thrown into the air, why not sort things now so that they land in a new configuration?
Here’s hoping I don’t break things that I want to keep! ;-)
Preach! I'd long burned out of all the must-dos to build an audience. I hate social media and don't do much of it either. Authors who got big can't be out in the world like they used to, writing in coffee shops, and observing the strange and unusual. Keep being you, inspiring the rest of us.
I think we authors have to get pretty huge to be bothered in public, but I'm in it for the creative freedom! (Although admittedly, it'd be hard to turn away if readers were flocking to me by the millions and I actually had a choice in the matter.)
Yes. So much yes. I, too, write every genre. First I wrote about a medical doctor who solves murders, then I started giving her supernatural talents, and today I launched a Kickstarter for Cthulhu's Duo, where she takes on Cthulhu. Because why not.
I love to break the rules, then take a beating on sales.
Creatively fantastic, financially depressing, but I'm not going to stop. You and Bob won't stop either.
Have you checked out Becca Syme? She talks about the trailblazer archetype. I took the Clifton Strengths and got #1 ideation, and suspect you would too. It means we have to innovate or die.
I love your writing, and selfishly love when you use your gift to break down on what it means to be so authentically yourself that most of the world has no idea what to do with you.
THIS WHOLE COPY PASTE JOINT SAYS IT ALL FOR ME..... We dont see each other much. And dats prolly cuz we are similar bout a LOTTA shit. WE DONT GIVE-A-FUCK. And I really aint into SOCIAL MEDIA (I just got back on here a few days ago). So there is that....Butt I digg how U moove n groove and ya Attitude bout the Game...This whole piece could easily be my Manifesto, too. I have had NUMEROUS ops to BLOW UP butt the SHIT THEY WANTED ME TO DO or the ASS THEY WANTED ME TO KISS JUST Aint shit Im willing to do, mayne. There be Niggaz rite now dat I know make more LOOT than me BEGGING on the STREET everyday. I will go do THAT shit FIRST before I let a Muthafucka put me over a barrel with their GATEKEEPER Bullshit.
Meanwhile: Im familiar wit AUSTIN. Love it. Lived down there in KILLEEN...worked wit BILL HICKS. Great times......Keep that same Energy, mayne. Imma fan of Ya outlook.
Love this post as a member of that small Venn diagram overlap "watch list." This is the reason I've followed your work through the different stages over that last 10+ years. Unapologetic authentically being yourself. That's your personal monopoly - being you.
With age, I've embraced and leaned into being the square peg in many settings. I used to wonder why some people lose their filters as they get older. Now I know it's being more comfortable with ourselves and giving less f**ks about what people think of us.
Haha, I've never thought of it that way but I think it's right on. It's not a loss of filters. It's a decision to disregard dumb social conventions.
You can't please everyone, might as well please yourself. Readers that like your work, like it because it's you, not some formatted outline.
That's what I'm counting on!
Love this. Striving to embrace my own unique weirdness right now, while I’m going through a major life change. Suitable time: everything is thrown into the air, why not sort things now so that they land in a new configuration?
Here’s hoping I don’t break things that I want to keep! ;-)
Can't hurt, right?
The world would be a far more interesting and enjoyable place if we each channelled our own inner Bob Schneider...
I sure hope Bobby is paying attention to this.
He's fast becoming a legend in his own time...
Gotta meet this guy someday. Or at least find his music…
Preach! I'd long burned out of all the must-dos to build an audience. I hate social media and don't do much of it either. Authors who got big can't be out in the world like they used to, writing in coffee shops, and observing the strange and unusual. Keep being you, inspiring the rest of us.
I think we authors have to get pretty huge to be bothered in public, but I'm in it for the creative freedom! (Although admittedly, it'd be hard to turn away if readers were flocking to me by the millions and I actually had a choice in the matter.)
Heard. We must commune with our folks at some point, just not while actively in the zone.
Yes. So much yes. I, too, write every genre. First I wrote about a medical doctor who solves murders, then I started giving her supernatural talents, and today I launched a Kickstarter for Cthulhu's Duo, where she takes on Cthulhu. Because why not.
I love to break the rules, then take a beating on sales.
Creatively fantastic, financially depressing, but I'm not going to stop. You and Bob won't stop either.
Have you checked out Becca Syme? She talks about the trailblazer archetype. I took the Clifton Strengths and got #1 ideation, and suspect you would too. It means we have to innovate or die.
I love your writing, and selfishly love when you use your gift to break down on what it means to be so authentically yourself that most of the world has no idea what to do with you.
Huge thanks.
Haha, this is a wonderful comment ... right down to "Creatively fantastic, financially depressing, but I'm not going to stop." Sounds exactly right.
𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬.
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 -- 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 -- 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 "𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨" 𝐝𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚. 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬. (𝐈'𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭.) 𝐈 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭.
THIS WHOLE COPY PASTE JOINT SAYS IT ALL FOR ME..... We dont see each other much. And dats prolly cuz we are similar bout a LOTTA shit. WE DONT GIVE-A-FUCK. And I really aint into SOCIAL MEDIA (I just got back on here a few days ago). So there is that....Butt I digg how U moove n groove and ya Attitude bout the Game...This whole piece could easily be my Manifesto, too. I have had NUMEROUS ops to BLOW UP butt the SHIT THEY WANTED ME TO DO or the ASS THEY WANTED ME TO KISS JUST Aint shit Im willing to do, mayne. There be Niggaz rite now dat I know make more LOOT than me BEGGING on the STREET everyday. I will go do THAT shit FIRST before I let a Muthafucka put me over a barrel with their GATEKEEPER Bullshit.
Meanwhile: Im familiar wit AUSTIN. Love it. Lived down there in KILLEEN...worked wit BILL HICKS. Great times......Keep that same Energy, mayne. Imma fan of Ya outlook.