For a v long time, I abided by the rules of Publicly Creative People

•Draw a veil across the labor involved in producing your work
•Perform humility about promoting your work
•Regularly self-flagellate about your lack of skill
•Don& #39;t talk about money

That got me nowhere.

And I mean, really nowhere. I spent years and years and years on the doorstep of success, making next to nothing, each opened door leading to the next locked door and a renewed requirement to abide by all those rules even while working my ass off to get to the next locked door.

I& #39;m done. I& #39;m not sure how much I& #39;m going to be writing under my own by-line going forward (I thought I& #39;d left it all behind, but here we are, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) but when I do, I& #39;m going to promote it. I& #39;m going to talk about money. I& #39;m going to acknowledge my skill. Period.

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Let& #39;s always acknowledge that, even if it doesn& #39;t pay the rent, our labor has value.

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