Comments on: “evil plans” is nearly done http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Maurice Sten http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-44970 Maurice Sten Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:56:18 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-44970 Just curious if you happen're implementing model new jigga-star plugin for BE or at after you made this theme by yourself? Just curious if you happen’re implementing model new jigga-star plugin for BE or at after you made this theme by yourself?

]]> By: Evil Plans – What you need as an Entrepreneur | Debajyoti Banerjee http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-31802 Evil Plans – What you need as an Entrepreneur | Debajyoti Banerjee Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:25:33 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-31802 [...] “evil plans” is nearly done (gapingvoid.com) [...] […] “evil plans” is nearly done (gapingvoid.com) […]

]]> By: Evil Plans Work Best When You Share Them With The World | MarketingTypo.com http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-31505 Evil Plans Work Best When You Share Them With The World | MarketingTypo.com Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:37:28 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-31505 [...] love the introduction to Hugh MacLeod’s (@gapingvoid) new book ‘Evil Plans‘ – Everybody needs an EVIL PLAN. [...] […] love the introduction to Hugh MacLeod’s (@gapingvoid) new book ‘Evil Plans‘ – Everybody needs an EVIL PLAN. […]

]]> By: Evil Plans Work Best When You Share Them With The World | Gauravonomics Blog http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-31348 Evil Plans Work Best When You Share Them With The World | Gauravonomics Blog Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:53:11 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-31348 [...] love the introduction to Hugh McLeod’s (@gapingvoid) new book ‘Evil Plans‘ – Everybody needs an EVIL PLAN. [...] […] love the introduction to Hugh McLeod’s (@gapingvoid) new book ‘Evil Plans‘ – Everybody needs an EVIL PLAN. […]

]]> By: Marlene http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30759 Marlene Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:05:44 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30759 A Scot who says, 'shlep'. Too funny! :-D Looking forward to your new book. What a clever title! A Scot who says, ‘shlep’. Too funny! :-D

Looking forward to your new book. What a clever title!

]]> By: Glenn http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30708 Glenn Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:38:46 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30708 Is Evil Universal? Not sure, but I know that love is... Thanks for spreading the love Hugh... Is Evil Universal? Not sure, but I know that love is… Thanks for spreading the love Hugh…

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30693 Hugh MacLeod Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:11:28 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30693 michael, A. Who are you, my frickin' stylist? ;-) B. I think you left the comment in the wrong blog post :D michael,

A. Who are you, my frickin’ stylist? ;-)

B. I think you left the comment in the wrong blog post :D

]]> By: michael http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30686 michael Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:13:10 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30686 hugh, i have to say, i would be so very pleased if this time you didn't put the cartoons in with an angle and a fake drop shadow. it just...seems like such a 'young adult book' way to handle images... hugh, i have to say, i would be so very pleased if this time you didn’t put the cartoons in with an angle and a fake drop shadow. it just…seems like such a ‘young adult book’ way to handle images…

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30664 Hugh MacLeod Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:46:34 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30664 Sherm, it would be a lot LESS than a year if I were like most authors and turned their manuscripts in behind schedule ;-) Sherm, it would be a lot LESS than a year if I were like most authors and turned their manuscripts in behind schedule ;-)

]]> By: Sherm Cohen http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30658 Sherm Cohen Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:41:26 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30658 A year IS an awfully long time to wait for such goodness, but meanwhile I have all your "Evil Plans" posts printed out for any time I need a little jolt of Hugh-ly inspiration. Obviously all this stuff resonates with me, and I started making my Evil Plans real a few years ago when I learned how to make and sell my own DVD on the internet. Turned a profit in 2009! It's all real, folks! A year IS an awfully long time to wait for such goodness, but meanwhile I have all your “Evil Plans” posts printed out for any time I need a little jolt of Hugh-ly inspiration.

Obviously all this stuff resonates with me, and I started making my Evil Plans real a few years ago when I learned how to make and sell my own DVD on the internet. Turned a profit in 2009! It’s all real, folks!

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30656 Hugh MacLeod Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:13:09 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30656 Hey Marty, the "circus" you speak of has been very kind to me, so far. Not to mention, they've done a fabulous job. If you have a better idea, put it in writing, write me a check and let's see what you got ;-) Secondly, it takes four months to do the sales and marketing simply because, the team in charge of that at any large publisher's won't have just my book to worry about, they'll have many others as well. It's a lot more complex than leaving a silly-ass comment on a blog, that's for sure ;-) Hey Marty, the “circus” you speak of has been very kind to me, so far. Not to mention, they’ve done a fabulous job.

If you have a better idea, put it in writing, write me a check and let’s see what you got ;-)

Secondly, it takes four months to do the sales and marketing simply because, the team in charge of that at any large publisher’s won’t have just my book to worry about, they’ll have many others as well.

It’s a lot more complex than leaving a silly-ass comment on a blog, that’s for sure ;-)

]]> By: Martijn Linssen http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30655 Martijn Linssen Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:01:46 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30655 Well Hugh, you know I love your art and you, so I can give you a hard time ;-) 2011? How the HECK do you allow being sucked up and absorbed by the corporate publishing circus? Half a year producing and marketing a "john's booklet"? Woooooooooooot? "The next corporate sales cycle" oh no, Hugh! You must still be dizzy from the SXSW booze actually writing down stuff like this Looks like the system's hunting you down where ever you go, hey? ;-) Martijn Well Hugh, you know I love your art and you, so I can give you a hard time ;-)

2011?

How the HECK do you allow being sucked up and absorbed by the corporate publishing circus?

Half a year producing and marketing a “john’s booklet”? Woooooooooooot?

“The next corporate sales cycle” oh no, Hugh! You must still be dizzy from the SXSW booze actually writing down stuff like this

Looks like the system’s hunting you down where ever you go, hey?

;-) Martijn

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="767720103">Elizabeth Potts Weinstein</fb:name> http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30644 Elizabeth Potts Weinstein Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:22:24 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30644 So freaking awesometastic. And I'm glad you're having this conversation, because it seemed like there was a message in Ignore Everybody to keep art separate from the thing you do to make money ... and I don't believe that has to be true. The entire thesis of my biz is that by doing what is a natural expression of who you really are, that's when the most success/fulfillment/joy/changing-the-world is possible. Yeah, not quite sure if that is true, really ... but that's the thesis at least. And the adventure, eh? So freaking awesometastic. And I’m glad you’re having this conversation, because it seemed like there was a message in Ignore Everybody to keep art separate from the thing you do to make money … and I don’t believe that has to be true.

The entire thesis of my biz is that by doing what is a natural expression of who you really are, that’s when the most success/fulfillment/joy/changing-the-world is possible. Yeah, not quite sure if that is true, really … but that’s the thesis at least. And the adventure, eh?

]]> By: BLUE CHIP MUSINGS » Do you have an ‘evil plan’? http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30643 BLUE CHIP MUSINGS » Do you have an ‘evil plan’? Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:07:52 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30643 [...] worked long and hard at something he truly enjoys.  His blog is at gapingvoid.com. His most recent post is an update on his second book which is nearly completed. “Evil Plans” is his look at [...] […] worked long and hard at something he truly enjoys.  His blog is at gapingvoid.com. His most recent post is an update on his second book which is nearly completed. “Evil Plans” is his look at […]

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/21/evil-plans-is-nearly-done/#comment-30642 Hugh MacLeod Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:01:30 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=11798#comment-30642 Hey David, Yep, over a year. Contractually, I have to have the manuscript done by July. Though I'm aiming for well before that... Then it's a couple of months in production. Then a couple of months getting the publisher's sales & marketing up to speed. By that time, Christmas is already behind us. Then the book goes in to the next corporate sales cycle, which in this case is April, 2011. The good news is, by the time EVIL PLANS comes out, I'll already have a new book, already written and ready to go into production. I've already started working on it... Hey David,

Yep, over a year.

Contractually, I have to have the manuscript done by July. Though I’m aiming for well before that…

Then it’s a couple of months in production. Then a couple of months getting the publisher’s sales & marketing up to speed.

By that time, Christmas is already behind us. Then the book goes in to the next corporate sales cycle, which in this case is April, 2011.

The good news is, by the time EVIL PLANS comes out, I’ll already have a new book, already written and ready to go into production.

I’ve already started working on it…

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