I put a note in my weblog yesterday that I’ve started writing a book. At first I wrote that it was a book about prayer. But a few minutes later, after I’d published it, I decided to remove that line.
I’m not quite sure what the real reason was. Not wanting to tip my hand? Yep. But now that I think about it, maybe it was a lack of commitment. Like setting private goals (I’m gonna do pushups every morning!), it’s no big deal if I fail to follow through because nobody else knows. Actually, it is probably is a big deal if I’ve made a private promise and not kept it. But my point is that by not telling others, I’m hedging. So I guess I’ll post this in my blog.
I didn’t want to tell Robbie because I figured she’d be upset that I was taking time to write instead of drumming up income. I don’t have income-generating projects going this month so November income is going to be negligible. But now that I think about it, that doesn’t seem right either. I’ll just tell her and deal with it if she objects. I’m limiting myself to writing for just one hour each morning, so that shouldn’t be a problem.
And I guess I’ll tell my Inner Circle group tomorrow that I’ve started this book. And my investors and potential investors, too, since I’m pitching the Real Joe Radio Show demo CD right now to various public radio outfits. I felt encouraged (and a twinge of jealousy was it?) when I found out the The Motley Fool inked a deal with NPR to do a weekly radio show. And The Satellite Sisters have a book coming out. Both of these ventures are modeling exactly what I want to do with Real Joe: radio, web, print.
So now I’m going for a walk in the woods. Grabbing a little SOS to listen while I enjoy the fall colors.