Working smarter

[juggynaut]

I have a social life. I don't feel like I've turned into some monk. I certainly do whatever I want to do and I get to accomplish my goals, and usually on time. But I am starting to hear that old familiar voice telling me "If I just take a break from writing and improv and everything but work, I'd have so much time to myself. It'd be like

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[spot_mcdog]

So, did Try the Veal sell enough to have been worth publishing?

[juggynaut]

I didn't make any money on it, but it was definitely worth it. Having a book published, any kind of book at all, opens doors. It has for me. People in entertainment know I can generate content, and people at the office know I have discipline.

[jhobartb]

"I have to start pushing myself to industry people. Get representation. Get paid. If I can find the time to just promote myself, I can live the dream."

That's the thing, oh Wellsy. It's the same issue I and so many peers of ours have. It's not enough just to do this stuff, you have to market yourself as one who does it as well. And that has to be yet another job, and one to which you can be as dedicated as you are to your first two.

It ain't easy, that's for sure.

P.S. Hi. In case you didn't know, I'm on LiveJournal, but only kind of. I don't post anymore, I just lurk. You may friend me or not, depending on whether you're comfortable with me nosing around in your friends-only entries.

[juggynaut]

At this rate, it'll be easier to market my written stuff, I think. I don't have the energy or time to develop a stand-up act, and improv is kind of a crap shoot in terms of being "discovered". If I avoid burnout I'll have a first draft for a next book written in two or three years. Then I have to learn how to market a manuscript.

I tell ya, Hobart, it never ends.