I have been very bad about updating my personal blog lately. I have a lot going on and in the past I would have had time to keep updating this part of my online stuffs. Lately, unfortunately this has not been the case.
Good things going on:
- Have some cool interviews coming up on my Geeky Pleasures radio show including the developer’s of Torchwood from Runic Games and Paul and Storm and a few others that I am not allowed to talk about just yet.
- My book is soon to be released. Got copyright permission from Phil Plait and DISCOVERmagazine.com to use a couple small portions of Phil’s blog. Just waiting on the cover to be completed.
- Getting a lot of unsolicited requests from different companies to demo their products and write reviews on them.
- My Geeky Pleasures website is getting huge traffic.
- About to take over as the GM of the radio station.
- Waiting on a few sponsorship deals.
But none of these good things will matter at all come next week unless a new contract falls into my lap in the next 7 days. I was just notified 2 days ago that as of the end of this month, a PR contract I currently have will be no longer until sometime next year. Due to financial constraints on their end, they have to put it on hold for the time being. But they would like me to know that they do plan on using my services again once their financial situation changes, they think I did an awesome job and feel awful about the short notice and realize what a burden this puts on me.
I am not resentful of this. And I appreciate the positive feedback and the knowledge that the job is still there, just not now. But the just not now is the part that blows as this job is what keeps me online so that I am able to do all the good things above. Without it, there are no interviews, no Geeky Pleasures website for people to visit and people to talk sponsorship with. Without it there is no taking over the radio station. Without it there will be no book as everything for the book is submitted online. The timing of this could not be worse. I have a lot of deals currently in the works. If this news had come a month or so from now, I would probably be okay. The timing though just really really sucks. It has made it difficult for me to concentrate on getting any work done because I am thinking what is the point if a week from now it will no longer exist. Everything I have worked so hard at is about to fall around my feet. I have exhausted most if not all of my resources that I feel comfortable calling upon. Does not mean I have given up. I am just having a hard time rallying my inner troops and finding the drive to push even harder to perform a miracle in 6 days.
Man, I wish I was good at pimping myself out *sigh* but I always feel so stupid and guilty when I do anything closely resembling self promotion.
So if I suddenly you do not see me anymore come the end of this month, you will no why.
Jules,
Pride be damned, go public on Geeky Pleasures and ask for donations from your readers.
Put the same explanation up there.
Would it be against any rules to do so on Party934 too?
What sort of figure are you looking at if its only a month that you are *out* by ??
No it is not against any contracts I have with Party934 since even so my site is kinda tied into my show, it is still my site and all of the stuff I present on my shows are my intellectual property. I own the rights, not Party934. My opinions, my views etc. It is why I have to have disclaimers during my shows from time to time.
I would not feel comfortable soliciting donations and I am not sure if that is against AdSense rules or not. But even if it were not… well I am just not comfortable with that idea. And you were not the first person to suggest it. If people want to help, they know how to contact me.