This blog is a lot like Narnia except with more explosions and battle scenes. I try to write funny things, but mostly I just draw pictures of bears. I think I’m giving you the wrong impression… FREE CAKE!
Blogging is my job. Kind of. Mostly I’m unemployed, but I make a little money blogging, so I tell all of my over-achiever friends that I’m a professional blogger. I also make money from road races. One time I made $300 from winning a race. Another time they gave me a pumpkin. It’s kind of a gamble.
I was procrastinating on studying for a physics final and I was like “I know what would be a good idea! I’m going to start a blog!”
Then four days later I was like “I don’t want to be a scientist!! I want to draw pictures and write about zombies for a living!”
It kind of spiraled from there.
I started bloggin in July during the very last week of my summer classes. It’s March now, so that’s… this is why it’s good that I’m a blogger instead of a scientist. If I was a scientist, you’d probably all have ebola right now.
I average about 2,000 page hits a day. My StatCounter says I average 2,456, but that is way too specific and I’m sure some of them are robots.
I make my money from ads (on a different blog) and merchandise. The merchandise has been a little more successful than the ads. I think I could make more money by putting ads directly on my site, but I have no idea what kind of advertiser I would pitch that idea to. Maybe beer? Tacos? I don’t know.
Also, people send me things in the mail. Sometimes really cool and valuable things, sometimes weird things.
I hope one day to write a best-selling book (it might just be pictures, so maybe I should say “draw a best-selling book”), but I need to get a little richer and famous-er before I can do that.
The kind of person that is enthusiastic about zombies and bears and dinosaurs! Also they shouldn’t be offended by the idea of someone emailing Jesus and asking for Applebee’s coupons.
Probably they shouldn’t be a robot.
It varies. Some days I spend 16 hours writing and drawing pictures. Some days I spend no hours writing and drawing pictures. It probably averages out to about 50 hours per week.
You should subscribe to my blog because maybe someday I’ll be famous. But it is much more likely that I’ll become a hobo. In that case, you can feel charitable – like you’re helping out the homeless by reading my blog.
Be nice. Try hard. If someone offers you a million dollars, say “yes.”
Most of the things I’ve done right, I’ve done on accident. I think a lot of my success comes from the fact that I just have fun with my writing every day. Sometimes I’ll come up with an idea that makes me start laughing uncontrollably at myself and that’s how I know it’s a good idea. I think what I’m trying to say, is “write stuff that you would be entertained reading.” Study the authors that you like to read. What is it about them that makes you laugh or think or feel? How can you make that your own?
Also, drawing pictures seems to help.
This blog can be visited at http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com