All right, luvvies?
I’m Matt Boothman, but I suspect if you’re reading the very first issue of this newsletter, you might already know that. I work a lot at making stories happen. The thing with this kind of work is it’s like an iceberg, or a duck. The bulk of the work and the effort is below the waterline, where it’s hard to see. I sometimes - often - feel like I do a lot of work and don’t have much to show for it. (Thank you, capitalist construction of productivity as worth.)
So I wanted to start this newsletter, partly as a glass-bottomed boat for you, to show you some of what goes on below the waterline, before the work goes public - but also for me. If I make a point of regularly sharing what I’m working on, I ought to feel less like I’m doing nothing, just because the things I’m doing aren’t finished yet.
That’s the plan for now. I’ll do one of these a month and we’ll see where it ends up.