Oh, hi friends!
Every day.
Every day…
I read the Publisher's Lunch newsletter, which details book deals. "In a pre-empt." "Significant deal." "At auction."
I read The Hollywood Reporter's newsletter, which runs down who's making moves, movies, and money.
I read newsletters from Off-Broadway theater companies championing their new seasons. "World premiere." "Acclaimed writer of…”
I think about my own unsent emails — collaboration opportunities, small requests, kernels of pitches.
I think about money-making adventures — courses, clubs, PDFs.
I think about my Grandpa, who died two years ago at 99 years old having never sent a single email — not one — in his life.
Last week, I wrote to a newsletter friend that "biographies are highlight reels."
Yes.
So are newsletters and news blurbs and LinkedIn updates and tweets about "some personal news."
I forgot that writing can come from a pure place, and not a mercenary one.
What might arrive if we tap back into that place?
What feels less like them, and more like you?