I LOVE this post so much. You just articulated how I feel in such a thoughtful way. Thank you for your words and for pausing in your workout to jot down your thoughts.
In communications you hear the phrase, the medium is the message... and the new mediums that have taken over our lives invite us to monetize, share, grow, sell... I'm also a victim of the perfect day. And the thing is, it works. I am more productive, bla bla bla... the question, how can we add magic in there? Maybe as an automatic override?
A great read! I stopped writing fiction for a while now, because it is a commodity. It's "content." I wrote that way for ten years until the joy was leached from it. I've no interest in the publishing industry anymore, and I may self-publish the latest book I've written, because those who've read it love it. Sometimes I worry about trying to grow my Substack, then I stop, because I write it because I enjoy it.
I LOVE this post so much. You just articulated how I feel in such a thoughtful way. Thank you for your words and for pausing in your workout to jot down your thoughts.
In communications you hear the phrase, the medium is the message... and the new mediums that have taken over our lives invite us to monetize, share, grow, sell... I'm also a victim of the perfect day. And the thing is, it works. I am more productive, bla bla bla... the question, how can we add magic in there? Maybe as an automatic override?
A great read! I stopped writing fiction for a while now, because it is a commodity. It's "content." I wrote that way for ten years until the joy was leached from it. I've no interest in the publishing industry anymore, and I may self-publish the latest book I've written, because those who've read it love it. Sometimes I worry about trying to grow my Substack, then I stop, because I write it because I enjoy it.