Freaky-deeky.
Does telling you that I'm hanging out in my PJs, sipping tea with milk, staring out the window and wondering what it is that I really should be doing say anything?
NO.
Then, why do so many people feel like they need to broadcast things that the rest of us don't give a HOOT about?
I dunNO.
If you're going to waste time on the Internet, you might as well do/say something different, unique and maybe a little freaky.
After all, you're still reading, right? You're still checking my Facebook page, right? You've no idea what I'm going to say next, right? You're following me on Twitter, right?
You betchu are.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Life Status: Exploratory
As you've read in previous posts, I've buried my head into this book that I'm writing (No Darce, I'm not going to write the WHOLE story until after the New Year) with the plan to get the first phase of it done by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, I've started to explore employment options in Kansas City. It's a challenging region for me because I'm so used to being in San Diego, Silicon Valley or DC, where start-ups and venture capital firms are on every street corner. This is the land of some large corporations, lots of big advertising firms and several sizes of non-profits.
I've recently made friends at a couple of the ad agencies and their work is enticing. I've never done the agency thing, but being able to switch gears on a handful of clients would mesh with the way that my mind likes to operate. It loves to have a project in the foreground to occupy it while processing other projects in the background.
I've also been talking to some of the non-profits in town. In fact, I had lunch today with some fantastic women from CFCA, which brings in about $100 Million a year to bridge the gap between sponsors and children/elderly that need help in 25 different countries. Sponsorship helps them to attend school or get health care, respectively. The sentence that stuck with me the most from our conversation, "We're about the relationship."
I harp on this all of the time... how the content doesn't matter, it's the structure between the pieces of content that matters. It's the verbs and the emotion, not the nouns and the features.
"It's about the relationship." Awesome.
"It's about who you want to be in this world." Double awesome.
So, I sponsored lunch for two women who are doing good things in the world. ;-) Keep up the good work!
Meanwhile, I've started to explore employment options in Kansas City. It's a challenging region for me because I'm so used to being in San Diego, Silicon Valley or DC, where start-ups and venture capital firms are on every street corner. This is the land of some large corporations, lots of big advertising firms and several sizes of non-profits.
I've recently made friends at a couple of the ad agencies and their work is enticing. I've never done the agency thing, but being able to switch gears on a handful of clients would mesh with the way that my mind likes to operate. It loves to have a project in the foreground to occupy it while processing other projects in the background.
I've also been talking to some of the non-profits in town. In fact, I had lunch today with some fantastic women from CFCA, which brings in about $100 Million a year to bridge the gap between sponsors and children/elderly that need help in 25 different countries. Sponsorship helps them to attend school or get health care, respectively. The sentence that stuck with me the most from our conversation, "We're about the relationship."
I harp on this all of the time... how the content doesn't matter, it's the structure between the pieces of content that matters. It's the verbs and the emotion, not the nouns and the features.
"It's about the relationship." Awesome.
"It's about who you want to be in this world." Double awesome.
So, I sponsored lunch for two women who are doing good things in the world. ;-) Keep up the good work!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Chiefs Reveal 1/3 of My Xmas Gifts
- CANCARL. Check.
- FIREHERM.
- KEEPTHETROUGH.
Book Update
I've not been doing much other than writing my book. A few days ago, after basically locking myself in the condo for two weeks, I was chin-scruffy, the dishes were stacked up, the bathroom needed cleaning and the trash was overflowing. I took the weekend off from the book and fixed most of that stuff.
I didn't know what book I was writing until I wrote it. When I finally read it from cover to cover, I realized how to strengthen the themes and bring fluidity to it. I realized what story I wanted to tell.
I'm currently through 100 pages of the rewrite. Book is 250 pages and just short of 80,000 words. I anticipate that it will grow to be no larger than 85,000 words after this rewrite. At that time, those of you on the edit list will be getting an email from the main character, Soupy Heller.
Soupy created a Twitter account last week. He's not active yet, but if you'd like to add him, feel free to follow @soupyheller.
I didn't know what book I was writing until I wrote it. When I finally read it from cover to cover, I realized how to strengthen the themes and bring fluidity to it. I realized what story I wanted to tell.
I'm currently through 100 pages of the rewrite. Book is 250 pages and just short of 80,000 words. I anticipate that it will grow to be no larger than 85,000 words after this rewrite. At that time, those of you on the edit list will be getting an email from the main character, Soupy Heller.
Soupy created a Twitter account last week. He's not active yet, but if you'd like to add him, feel free to follow @soupyheller.
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