tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post6851077159199017417..comments2023-10-28T04:53:32.505-07:00Comments on View From The Northern Wall: Why I Sang In Choirchristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-64107968621002439312012-07-01T08:42:16.954-07:002012-07-01T08:42:16.954-07:0014521 Big Basin Way is the address of the Brass Kn...14521 Big Basin Way is the address of the Brass Knocker.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-2191326315808573022010-04-17T19:34:27.864-07:002010-04-17T19:34:27.864-07:00I haven't sold myself short. I have a good jo...I haven't sold myself short. I have a good job that keeps me employed some of the time, doing stuff using an analytical skill set that allows for a decent wage doing interesting work. When I go out idle the same boss asks me back faster than I can ever find another job. On the other hand I am no celeb, just another bozo on the bus. There are literally thousands of people who have had lives as odd as mine, maybe tens of thousands.<br /><br />The local crowd doesn't lie. Even here on the internet maybe twenty people drop by a day. That is not a big enough audience for paying work. I am sure you know that.<br /><br />I know an author of my kind of book. He has tried to parlay a fan base into something using blogs. His book is pretty good. His fans are loyal. There is material for a second book, even a fifth by now. His first book broke even, perhaps, maybe a little less, even though he got someone to take the risk. It is still for sale on Amazon. He can't make that second book go. The first book sales were too dismal. He gets more hits a day than I do.<br /><br />That's what I mean about the curve. If you sit solidly in the far edge of liking what I do, then you might not see this. I don't think I am selling myself short. I think I have a very good example of what my stuff does on the open market. He is better than me in certain ways in my opinion.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-42607511443404692642010-04-17T18:11:36.115-07:002010-04-17T18:11:36.115-07:00Don't sell yourself short. I think you could e...Don't sell yourself short. I think you could even be a movie. ;-)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-86046166345045460392010-04-17T11:44:15.375-07:002010-04-17T11:44:15.375-07:00The other day I had a conversation with someone ab...The other day I had a conversation with someone about the poetry-music connection. Seems like everyone who writes poetry has had a brush with the musical in their lives; and maybe because of poetry, reminiscing on and talking about that musical past is always heavy with meaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-26292393025929201092010-04-17T09:05:35.265-07:002010-04-17T09:05:35.265-07:00Count me among the few...interested. I keep coming...Count me among the few...interested. I keep coming back for the next chapter...almost glad it is not consumed by masses. I'm selfish that way.Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-40020052050394284252010-04-17T06:45:08.814-07:002010-04-17T06:45:08.814-07:00I already have, Karen. It is all right here, only...I already have, Karen. It is all right here, only requires rewrite and editing to put it together as a book. I have the three hundred plus pages already. On the other hand, this IS a publishing venue and is basically recognized as such legally. The only investment here is time. It is utterly democratic and spiritual, both voluntary and free.<br /><br />I don't know if I have the energy for it the book. I am also not at all sure there is a wide enough market to justify such effort. Mostly I think I am not even close to interesting even in a niche market.<br /><br />My primary life reaction has been there are always a few people interested in me, a great middle who can't summon up much interest at all and another grouping of a somewhat larger few who are active in pushing me away and fail to value anything I have to offer at all. I have had that experience my whole life long. It has always seemed to me that the numbers who have a positive experience of me are too few for any mass market. A mass market requires that enough locate the product and that means that many who might like my work will not find it without major marketing efforts. I do not think I would survive as a product on the few who be drawn and find me by accident. So my questions become two marketing questions, why would any publisher mass market me without my own funding behind the effort, and how would I be able to justify such shameless self aggrandizement, risking the major debt myself, assuming I could even match the required funds with my credit clout?<br /><br />To me that seems realistic.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-63396816876389948052010-04-17T04:30:34.004-07:002010-04-17T04:30:34.004-07:00You are one interesting man, Christopher. I think ...You are one interesting man, Christopher. I think you could write a book about your life and search for god and self.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.com