Who won the 1976 Olympic Summer Games gold medal for trapshooting? Don’t know? Neither do I. Which makes me wonder, what are awards for, anyway?
Tag: marketing
Getting noticed
How do you get noticed by publishers? How do you break-in to kids’ books? It’s easy, make work, often. Eventually, it’ll be so good it can’t be ignored.
Beyond Normal
Living in the space where the risk lies is the only way we’ll produce work that’s beyond normal, the new normal, a one-of-a-kind.
The joy of unsubscribers
Everyone will tell you to grow your audience or increase your market share. But good art isn’t for everyone, so maybe picking a side is better?
Disposable income, disposable time
Maybe time works like income. You need to spend a certain amount of it on ‘essentials’, but then there’s a ‘budget’ for how we choose to spend the rest?
Why reviews don’t really matter
By the time my work is in public, I’m a different person. So whilst it’s interesting to see how people respond to the work, it doesn’t really matter.
All in
What’s all-in for you might not mean all-in for another. Maybe you can still be all-in with your art without having to rely on it for income.