Business
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Greetings. There’s a new The Hive up, this one is about getting a free marketing team and it turns into a discussion on running your business like a business – a thread that we’ll be picking up on with the next column. Anyway…
I am fucking beat.
I’ve been working my ass off this whole month – both at the day job and at home. I had to go into work every weekend this month and then I’ve been putting in about two to three hours each night on the secret project and I still feel like I’m behind schedule with it. I’m going to need to really step it up in March in order to be where I want to be by the end of it, namely announcing the book.
Last night I got Robin to help me. We folded about a hundred pamphlets. That’s right – pamphlets. Because postcards are the things you see in a gift shop while you’re vacationing in Orlando and ask yourself, “Who the fuck sends postcards anymore.” Pamphlets, or brochures, if you will, are what businesses use. The only time you get a brochure is when you’re interacting with a company – when they are trying to sell you on something – because a lot more information and crafty design goes into a brochure.
Anyway, there’ll be plenty more of that talk at The Hive today.
Looking forward to New York this weekend, haven’t been in town since New Years. I was going to leave today but work has me pegged so I’m taking Amtrak down Friday morning. Saturday I’ll be at the con all day and all night, rocking my fresh pressed suit, my brown leather Adidas with the Goodyear Tire souls, my Puma bag, my new business cards in their freshly shined chrome case, copies of WToT for proof on my anthology skills (and maybe an Elk’s Run Bumper for a special someone) and my brochures.
Don’t have much prepared for today, next week I’ll start getting better at entertaining with every post. I did it for a full year, though, and I’m just wicked busy at the moment. So I’ll leave you with a hint for the project: There will be an open call for submissions for one 8-page stories. But whoever gets accepted has to agree to have their story edited, from concept to printed page, quite publicly. I'm going to teach you all about the need for editing in comics.
See some of you in NY – some of you will even get a brochure.
I am fucking beat.
I’ve been working my ass off this whole month – both at the day job and at home. I had to go into work every weekend this month and then I’ve been putting in about two to three hours each night on the secret project and I still feel like I’m behind schedule with it. I’m going to need to really step it up in March in order to be where I want to be by the end of it, namely announcing the book.
Last night I got Robin to help me. We folded about a hundred pamphlets. That’s right – pamphlets. Because postcards are the things you see in a gift shop while you’re vacationing in Orlando and ask yourself, “Who the fuck sends postcards anymore.” Pamphlets, or brochures, if you will, are what businesses use. The only time you get a brochure is when you’re interacting with a company – when they are trying to sell you on something – because a lot more information and crafty design goes into a brochure.
Anyway, there’ll be plenty more of that talk at The Hive today.
Looking forward to New York this weekend, haven’t been in town since New Years. I was going to leave today but work has me pegged so I’m taking Amtrak down Friday morning. Saturday I’ll be at the con all day and all night, rocking my fresh pressed suit, my brown leather Adidas with the Goodyear Tire souls, my Puma bag, my new business cards in their freshly shined chrome case, copies of WToT for proof on my anthology skills (and maybe an Elk’s Run Bumper for a special someone) and my brochures.
Don’t have much prepared for today, next week I’ll start getting better at entertaining with every post. I did it for a full year, though, and I’m just wicked busy at the moment. So I’ll leave you with a hint for the project: There will be an open call for submissions for one 8-page stories. But whoever gets accepted has to agree to have their story edited, from concept to printed page, quite publicly. I'm going to teach you all about the need for editing in comics.
See some of you in NY – some of you will even get a brochure.
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