Quote I’ve been pondering: Build something 100 people love, not something 1M people kind of like. – Brian Chesky This quote from Brian Chesky, Airbnb co-founder and CEO, is similar to Kevin Kelly’s 1,000 True Fans mantra. I’ve hesitated with my creativity in the past, worrying that too many people would judge me. But the […]
“It is our imagination that is responsible for love, not the other person.” ― Marcel Proust
In my recent Wordcamp Hamilton presentation, I talked about how to build your own fanbase to support your writing. In that presentation, I talked about Kevin Kelly’s suggestion that all you need is 1,000 True Fans to support your creative career. A recent article on Medium.com by Lydia Polgreen, Editorial Director, NYT Global, entitled “Why people pay […]
I reached a pretty cool milestone in December 2015 – 10 years of blogging! My first official blog post is dated December 29 2005 (Welcome!). My blog, then called Wirepaper, was meant to be my geek home online, but has since shifted to focus more on my writing pursuits. Over the years, I have talked […]
In my last post, I shared my Big Hairy Audacious Goal: I want to be a writer. That’s all well and good, but every writer needs a topic to write about. Luckily for me, I have a whole bunch of ideas I want to write about. In this post, I’ll share the ideas that are […]
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