I did an interview yesterday morning with my "long time no see" friend, Lynne (Minki) Malkin for Recharged Radio where she does a show - and when she's not Recharging, she is the uber-creator of 50ft Woman who I like very much. You should check then out if you get a chance. Once she's figured out what the hell she's going to do with it, I'll link it up here. It's pretty odd being on the other side of the interview table. Not that it was anything heavy (as you'll see) but the second you know that it's not a random conversation and that it will be published somewhere for the world to read, re-post and comment on (or worse still, none of those things), you have to seriously think about that first impression. In this instance, most of her listeners will never have heard of me. This is me walking into their party and trying to be at least cool enough not to find myself in the kitchen at subsequent parties. If I can get some copies of Black Dye White Noise in front of some rock fans and they like it, that will be enough for me - especially if they talk about it - and that's really all you can do whether you're me or Stephen King. You can't force people to buy stuff based on clever trigger words or spinning off a book that tells others how to make a million from publishing because people aren't that stupid. The only game in town is to create to the best of your ability - the product will far outlast any cash in the bank if it's good enough. If you've done it right, that's how you get to be a success.
I need to get off this high horse about people who write spinny-web copy, but to be honest, it's really making the internet a crappy place to check things out these days. I know people are just paying the bills but where did all the good guys go?
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Insanely busy yesterday and today, so aside from going to the dentist - and it not being a fraction as bad as I thought it would be - I've just been flat-out working on the next issue of the mag. Thus, not much has happened in my world. Tomorrow should see it all wrapped up though and then... the weekend. Time for adventures of some description or other. I have a 'business meeting' on Saturday night which will be cool and fruitful but aside from that, let's see what the universe has to throw at me.
While I wrap stuff up though, here's some food for thought that struck a chord with me today: I always kind of assumed that people would thirst for knowledge and understanding. But they don't. They thirst to know things that support what they already believe.
Fact. Anyway, seriously looking forward to Doctor Who at the weekend too: