Looking for an Agent/Business Partner
Probably, I should focus on finding someone like that, instead; I have Aspergers, and interacting with others just isn't my cup of tea.
I've spent a huge amount of time learning various online skills, but I'm just too far scattered to make self-marketing work, because I find it hard doing more than one thing at a time.. I can sit down, and make a quality article on any number of topics, and spend long hours doing so, but putting it through the pipeline isn't me; I've tried to the point of burnout.
I need stimulation, life, to write, and it's just too stale, here. I need an audience, if only a small one, as I transition to a large one. I have bills to pay in the mean time, and I just have a hard time shifting between finding regular work, and this.
I should probably come up with a pitch, shouldn't I? I Can come up with one, show it to people in the forum, and have it revised--forgive me my ramblings.
Here's a proto-draft of it--tell me what you think:
Hello. My name is Philip Carpenter, and I am seeking an agent/business partner for myself, as I proceed to market myself as a freelance writer/journalist.
Looking back so far over thirty-seven years, I have come, dare I say, to realize what I am very good at.
To wit, I'm smart, very smart, and good writer, want to be doing this as a career. I love to read, and even more, to share my thoughts, and ideas, with others.
And even better, given that's pretty much all I want to do, I'd really like to get paid for it.
Trouble is, still looking back over my thirty-seven years, I happen to be sufficiently self-aware of a key weakness.
Simply put, I do not like to market myself. Or, I'm simply not good at it.
Or, I'm a little bit crazy--but let's not go there, shall we?
Oh, I do not mind banging out articles, long articles, or editing them, but I do mind the hassle of self-promotion. I don't like it, am not comfortable with it, and I probably never will.
Maybe it's my inflexible Aspergers, maybe it's my in-born stubbornness, maybe...I don't know. I just know that after thirty-seven years of living, I do not seem to be a good freelance journalist, even if I posses more than my share of ability.
My friend, that's where you come in.
Like me you're ambitious, driven, but blessed with ability to ask for things...and make them want to give it to you. I could you. You do the work of finding paying publishers, and I'll write to them the work that pays.
A symbiotic blending of abilities, really; I'm a content provider, but I need a middle man for my talents, as you can see, at noitartst.com; it's basically a clearinghouse for things I've written, but it's also a nice resume, of sorts, for my chops. I have a channel on YouTube, as well--for good measure.
I'll be famous, one day, and per your role, you'll get a cut.
Specifically, you need to be people-savvy, but also, tech-savvy, computer savvy. I have been developing my own skills, already, and will be doing more, but if nothing else, we could just make money via blog traffic: Developing traffic would fall under your domain, whereas content, as ever, is mine.
Exact percentages can be negotiated but keep in mind: You are not simply doing this for profit, but also to help compensate someone over something he has otherwise struggled with. For me, it it is to but make an impact within the greater world.
But be forewarned: I have an odd brand of politics, and will say but odder things. I'm not the most partisan of pundits, but my socio-cultural views do indeed steer right. If you can't handle it, don't say I didn't warn yas.
Sincerely, Philip Brock Carpenter
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