Lend me some time.
Originally published at Durosia.com. You can comment here or there.
As of right now, I've got a handful of irons in the fire.
Mostly out of necessity, they're going to get hammered into something useful.
The hospital bill is in, I'm running around half the month doing things that cost money, and those credit cards just aren't paying themselves off. Needless to say, the economy kind of ate most of my stocks, which was the only thing even vaguely resembling an "emergency fun" I had around.
Sure, I could take money from my family. They've offered. But they need it more than I do--or they will soon enough (something always goes wrong in my family just when we start to get financially comfortable, at least for the last couple of decades).
Thankfully, I've got a good solid job that covers most of the normal bills.
It's been an abnormal year, so far, though, and I want to get away from toeing the red line.
How am I going to do that? Hopefully, with your help.
I'm not asking you for money--I don't take hand-outs and I'm nowhere near in a position where begging is justified. I'm asking for a little bit of your time.
Over the next month, I'm going to be launching another few of projects. They all tie in to existing properties you may already be familiar with (since they show up here and there on the web). What I want is to get those existing sites a bit more traffic before the new stuff gets announced.
You can help by taking a few minutes and bouncing through The Searcher Journal, ToobTalk, How to Crush Without Being Crushed and Durosia.com. Find an article or four that you like and talk about in your own blog (with a link back, of course).
That's all I'm asking for--a little word of mouth (or keyboard, as the case may be).
If you like what I write, share it. If you disagree with what I've been saying, point out where you think I'm wrong. If you have a friend who may be interested in anything that's spewed out into the Internet through any of my sites, let them (and everyone else who reads your stuff) know.
See, not all that difficult, right? You've probably done it before (I know some of you have--my Google Analytics tell me so).
And now is a very good time. This weekend I'm heading off to the first batch of shooting for Browncoats: Redemption. That will produce more than a few pictures and some stories.
Plus, there are some other surprises in the future... but only if you're paying attention.
Lend me some time and you'll be rewarded, one way or another.