Since India trip isn't happening this winter break, I'm thinking of using the free time to compile my long threads that got the most responses, turn them into short stories or essays, put them on Kindle for like $3 each. All proceeds going to a cause.
What do y'all think?
What do y'all think?
My long threads are spontaneous streams of consciousness. Like a steam valve for my brain which is always bubbling with thoughts and stories and memories. And I do like telling stories. And I believe I'm good at telling stories. The threads come out of that. And some resonate.
The thing is, I "write" for a living. Academic papers. That only a few hundred might ever read. But much of my work day is still writing. Very enjoyable writing BTW. I truly enjoy academic writing. The argument building, hunting for cites, pre-empting reviewers. It's fun!
I also enjoy non-academic writing. But not enough to also do it in my free time, at least not in a proper structured disciplined way. So I've had dreams of writing a book for years now. Have several drafts with a chapter or two. But it peters out. Because writing is my day job.
But I still have all these stories I want to share. And op-eds I would otherwise have pitched and gotten published if that were my day job. I gotz lotz to say!
Twitter is an outlet for that. And also an interesting organic testing mechanism. Some threads ignored. Others, viral.
Twitter is an outlet for that. And also an interesting organic testing mechanism. Some threads ignored. Others, viral.
So I think, given my absolutely lazy and also OCD and also compulsively over-sharing-on-Twitter personality, the best way for me to actually get a book out is to look at which of my long threads got the most engagement. Turn them into short chapters. Compile into a 200 page book.
And I'm absolutely not interested in profiting from telling my stories. Agents and publishing houses and book deals and all. Brrrr! Kashala ugich? Am happy with my upper middle class income.
So I'll just put it online, charge a nominal price, send all that money to a cause.
So I'll just put it online, charge a nominal price, send all that money to a cause.
Underprivileged girls education in India. That would be my cause. So if I were to put out such a book on Kindle or wherever, I'll explicitly identify which organization(s) the money will go to.
A book of Twitter threads. For $3. All money going to a good cause.
Sounds good?
A book of Twitter threads. For $3. All money going to a good cause.
Sounds good?
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