A Quick Look Back at the Past; A Longer Look Forward to the Future

I hope you had a great weekend!  I had lunch on Saturday with a couple of ex-colleagues who are good friends, and it was great.  I got a chance to sign their books and talk with them about their reactions to Flesh Wound, which was great fun for me.  It was also terrific to see them outside of the work environment we'd shared.  They have both moved on to other organizations and in both cases, it is turning out to be a very positive step.  It's good to see good people move forward successfully!

Another plus that came from the lunch was talking about how the environment at the organization I'd left has not improved at all in the last 16 months.  It felt like another confirmation to me that writing full-time is the right decision.  Not that I'd been dreaming about returning to the banking career track, but until I can support my family the way I'd like to with writing, the spectre (sorry about that spelling, I went sort of "Man From U.N.C.L.E". on you there, lol) of a steady paycheck will always get my attention.  Just hearing about the latest anecdotes from my former work environment made me want to go home and hug my wife and say, "We decided to do the right thing!"

I spent most of today on campus at one of the universities that I plan to target for a Flesh Wound media blitz.  The next thing in my PR plan is to create the website for Flesh Wound, and I decided to design the pages on paper first at the Library of the university.  I walked into several of the other buildings on campus as well, scouting out locations to hang the poster of Faye once it is complete.  I found several locations that will work excellently!  I also picked up a copy of the student newspaper, and after looking through it I am convinced that running an ad there will work, lend credibility to the posters, and help establish the Flesh Wound brand with the students.  It also occurred to me that I can blitz more than one university at a time.  That may be the best way to launch Flesh Wound to this market.

One trade-off of pursuing this PR strategy with Flesh Wound is that it puts the writing of Rubbed Out on the back burner.  I'm not crazy about that; but I am convinced it is the right way to go right now.  I can't wait to get back to writing that story, though.

Have a terrific day!  Read something today that teaches you something you didn't already know!  Thanks for reading.  -Jon