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Well, It’s Been Real …
Not that I’m going anywhere or giving up this blog. If anything, I’m giving myself permission to speak my mind. If I can’t do that, this country (not to mention the whole rest of the world) is in trouble. But it’s trouble that most likely won’t affect me, because I’m hoping that I’ll be dead by then, although I am starting to wonder. Why is right-wing thinking becoming so popular? Why? Anyone have the answer?
I’m led to believe that the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42. I’m actually beginning to believe that.
But this is the last time I’ll be doing this and I can say that with great confidence, because after decades (and decades) of being a Washington Post subscriber, I’m cancelling my subscription.
So … I’ve done the unthinkable over the years (and years) of writing I’ve done. First, I had the sheer temerity to self-publish books and expect to make a living off them, after selling so many downloads (there were days when unit sales were in the hundreds — yes, hundreds per day — 100s), I figured I can manage to write a book a year. I should be okay.
I didn’t figure on always selling in the hundreds. I figured income would fluctuate. What I didn’t realize was that I didn’t have a genuinely engaged fan base. Then, at the end of 2011, a lot of things happened.
