STEAL THIS MESSAGE
STEAL THIS MESSAGE
BY
David Gottfried
Steal this Message is not a very innovative title. In fact, it’s a patent rip off. Abbie Hoffman once wrote a book entitled “Steal this Book.”
To make this message stand out, to enable it to make an impression on your minds, I wanted to “channel” Abbie Hoffman. I want to be the press agent for myself that Abbie was for himself.
I am not writing because I simply love to write. Hell, sometimes it’s a pain in the ass (particularly when those nerdy bastards in Silicon Valley, or wherever they are, keep modifying programs and make it harder and harder to format and saving a fucking document)
I am writing for the same reason that so many people write or act or compose music. They want some goddamn attention and money. You must have heard the old enigmatic query: If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there, does it make a sound. Let’s update that chestnut: If an author writes a book and no one reads it, does anyone make a sound. Sure. The author makes a loud thud after he has jumped from the 28th floor. (Hey, don’t get worried. I am not the least bit suicidal. I wouldn’t give the shitheads that much satisfaction.)
In any event, I have zilch in terms of social media skills and readers who have known me for some time know that I don’t have too much in terms of ordinary social skills.
So let me get to the point: I need help in disseminating my stuff, getting an audience, monetizing my work, etc.
A few proposals:
1) I will contract with a party who can serve as my social media agent, or social media marketer, or literary liaison. I will not only pay him a fee for his work. I am willing to give him a share in any proceeds that I garner. If anyone is interested, please write to me. Talk to me. Let’s discuss what we can do for each other.
2) Simply share my posts with people who might be interested in them. I believe that at the conclusion of an article you are given an option to share the article. Please do it.
3) Give people the address of my website, https://davidgottfried.substack.com/
Perhaps you know people who know me. You can write them an e mail that goes like this, “Remember that crazy asshole and mothafucker Gottfried? He’s writing shit on this web site called https://davidgottfried.substack.com/ that’s really fucking crazy.”
4) Comment on my posts. And feel free to say negative things. If you were to say, “Nice, intelligent post,” people would snore. So feel free to say that I am as Radical as Robespierre and a menace to health and safety. As Bawdy as Baudelaire and the antithesis of clean living. As someone who writes with the aristocratic verve of Gore Vidal and the radical pugnaciousness of a snot-nosed Brooklyn Jew who wants to be Julius Rosenberg. Notoriety is a fast track to getting noticed.