Well, that's just it. I'm not that efficient yet. The problem is, there's not really a set time for things to happen. Ya'll come on at different periods of the day. I haven't been able to really set one specific deadline for anything, so answering comments can be immediate or up to two days later.
The boring part is spending way too much time writing about different aspects of Steemit or other topics that people may have an interest in that I would rather spend writing what I want to write, but that doesn't have as much of an audience yet.
I need to continue to expand my circle here, I think, and yet continue to engage with those, like you, who actually reply, and figure out how to do that in an eight hour day instead of 14, since a part or full-time job is supposed to be in my immediate future. :)
lol! I like that last sentence because that's my situation.
When you devise a good system then let me know because I
determined that this can't be an 8 hour a day job, I just don't see
how. and all those hours burn people out after awhile.
What kind of job do you want to do if not bus driver and accountant(gag and gag!)?
managing some type of business?
I'd really rather not do that. I might be able to fill some kind of consultancy role (never done it, though), but I don't want to be a manger or a business owner anymore that requires having employees.
I'm doing what I believe I should be doing by being here. Ultimately, I want to get my fiction into production in some media—novels, comic books, maybe even movies or video shorts. I don't want to be writing about what Steemit should be doing or not doing, or trying to write about what I think STEEM is ultimately going to do.
I like having discussions about a wide variety of topics, and would rather that, if nothing else.
For all of that to happen, though, visibility needs to improve and I'm not sure when or if or how that's going to happen. Maybe with Communities. At least that's the hope.
howdy @glenalbrethsen...hey when you say your "fiction" are you talking about books that you have already written and just want to get out there? one book, lots of books?
Logically, the coming improvements which you wrote about will improve visibility.
I've got lots of stories. The two Kindle ebooks that are published will eventually be a trilogy that then becomes part of a seven or eight book series. It would be great to get sales of those books moving, but I wasn't really thinking about them as much as some comic book ideas I have. There are three of those, plus potentially a fourth that would deal with the aforementioned trilogy, since they could be repurposed into a comic book format.
I'm not sure all of those are meant for Steemit, but I'd really like to do something with all of them at some point. Better than have them knocking around the inside of my head scrambling to get out. :)
lol! scrambling to get out! I've never had that feeling but it doesn't sound very comfortable. The comic books, how do you get those published? I assume you have to go through Marvel or one of the big publishers and get approved by them or something?
Actually, at the risk of sounding crazy, it can get quite loud in there. :) It hasn't happened for a while now, but there have been times where three or four stories would all want to vie for my attention at once. Unfortunately, I've not been fast enough to get them all out, so some of them have been fading while others have sprung up to take their place.
Well, there's a few ways, like books, to get a comic book published. I'm mostly thinking about them in digital format, rather than actually being printed, because that tacks on another expense (along with shipping). I'm going to need an artist/inker, colorist and probably a letterer (though I could try to do that myself) so, I've got enough expenses already. Most people who go into comics have an affinity for drawing and learn the writing part later. My art isn't horrible, but it's not that good, either, and it's time consuming to do.
Going through Marvel or DC, or even some of the larger second tier companies is not ideal for me because I would end up giving up rights to other things like movies and merchandising as the characters i created were folded into their respective universes. I don't know if it's different now, but in the past, creators of characters haven't really received a whole lot, especially in comparison to what the character might make.
Also, mine will have a maximum of seven to eight year runs—though one of them might be able to keep going for longer. The rest as currently formatted in my head have definite endpoints.