Two things for myself to note:

1. Any post is better than no post.
2. It’s best to start off bad than not start off at all. By starting off bad, you at least have a starting point to work from.

Going the essay route feels like the niche that would gather the type of audience I’m after, in addition to creating a need to improve my researching skills. Listening to analysis and critiques of video games, movies, and television shows for as long as I have has propelled that decision. But I’m terrible at essays! My nine stale drafts confirms it. This post marks that third year I’ve started this WordPress blog, and where most people would have at least gave a serious shot before flaming out, I fail to bring a lighter

Still, I’m determined. And if I’m totally inconsistent in bring a thorough critical essay on things I do have a passion for, at least I could publish updates the same way I do my Facebook and Instagram posts (please don’t ask for links just yet; those accounts are totally unprofessional as of the time of this posted).

I am in-between three books (if you take away the two hundred plus books I’ve ordered, check out from the library, and received as gifts). The first one I’m reading is David Airey’s Work for Money Design for Love. I came across him when I unwittingly volunteered for a local graphic store, figuring out how to create a logo for a business who provide recreational opportunities for K-6 students. After getting an inter-library loan of his book, Logo Design Love, I was hooked on buying everything he’s authored. To me, Logo Design Love tackled how to approach creating brand identities for companies. And so far, Work for Money Design for Love shares lessons and trials of maintaining a design business. I’ve already completed Logo Design Love and managed to create a few designs for my graphic novel project. You’d think anybody who wants to be a working artist would’ve finished the other book the moment they order it, and you’d be right. I’m only a nobody who wants to be a working artist.

The author’s main website is davidairey.com. He regularly posts articles on design. Logodesignlove.com is his other website that focus on…logo designing.

My next book would be Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, one of THE most praised book in the realm of personal development. It’s been recommend by too many podcast hosts I follow to pass on. It may be just what I need to get that mental boost to not fail at life. However, I have read around eighteen books on the subject sub-ranging from leadership to personal accountability. So this may add to that list of beneficial books I never apply to my life.

More than likely I won’t do a review of these books. If anything I would link you to another reviewer’s opinion.

Links

Another great disadvantage I have is not following enough creative, professional minds. Yet the few I do follow are incredible.

Orbital Operations is a newsletter authored by Warren Ellis. I discovered his work while listen to Comics Experience Podcast with Andy Smidth, I don’t remember the episode he was reference in, but they mentioned Ellis’ book, Planetary, as well crafted series, despite many delays in its 27 issue run. Here’s IGN.com review of the book. But yeah, he’s awesome and I swear I’m not saying that just because I’m a fan who worships him!

I can’t do any better justice in explaining Ganzeer’s Restricted Frequency newsletter. Both links have examples of what you’d expect their newsletters to contain. If my opinion is worth the two cents I found on the ground before writing this, they are what make my weekends worth browsing my email for.

(I promise you I would revisit a discussion on these two creators and why I enjoy their materials in the near future. For now, a simple recommendation is all my tiny brain can fart out.)

So… 

I did it! It was extremely difficult and it looks cumbersome, but it’s a start. Here’s hoping for improvement and consistency. The only real sign of failure is if I get the next article published on my fourth anniversary.