Not sure how I interpret, or see, this, but like the fish, I can smell it. Great stuff.

Digital marketing might be a ruse, but the arts these days is 90% just showing up. Not showing up doesn’t get you anywhere.

Interesting you quote Walter, and man happy to point out the publishing industry isn’t the meritocracy it likes to claim it is.

I’ve seen the truly talentless with famous parents have a dream run, while real talent ends up picking up rubbish by the road, doing “Work for the Dole” in the Latrobe Valley.

I wish I had something to offer beyond bland platitudes like “hang in there” and “it’s always darkest before dawn”, but I don’t. One person can make a difference.