It Pays Off....

Omg I'm so excited......

They say you make your own luck, and it does seem to be true - certainly in terms of good luck.

As most of you know, I have whinged and whined about being busy, having no time, etc, etc.....

Well, it has - at least in one regard - paid off. I am not sure what the repercussions will be for me, if any, but I am certainly revelling in my glory at the moment...

One of the articles I wrote for one of the sites I edit got a hit on Monday - so far there have been 23,000 stumbles - it is totally amazing and thoroughly gratifying.

This is the article  www.inspiremonkey.com/2011/04/…

Strangely, not necessarily what I would have thought was an outstanding article - but you just never really know!

Please notice that every single piece featured in that showcase is from the wonderful DeviantArt - that's why I love this site so much.

I may not be a great community player, but I am often present here and love to see not only the outstanding artists, but it is also great to see those I watch improving - and it happens all the time.

Just another little thing - my gradients from my gallery here have been featured in a Japanese book. I received a copy of the book a little while ago and it's very nicely presented, with a CD containing all of the resources included.  Although the book is 240 pages, they have taken resources from just a few providers - around 12-14, and of course, at least half of those are from dA!

Each page that showcases one of my gradients sets (there are 9 included) carries my name and website address. It's so nice to have worked so hard for so little for so long and then start seeing the benefits.

I know I am not the only one who has been through all this - and it's stunning when you find something you're good at and enjoy doing and it finally pays dividends - 2 years of working for nothing, you cannot imagine the times I have come so close to giving up - but something stopped me - I felt if I gave it all up it really would have been a lot of work for nothing and now no prospects either - so I carried on, and although I am nowhere close to even making a living from what I do, I can now see things happening... I can see that my name is getting known in the niche I am working in - which is great because I am a bit of a square peg in a round hole in that the sector I aim at is full of young, dynamic people - which I am not!!!!

If you've read this ramble down to here - thank you

My thanks to everyone on dA, to dA itself and to all who have given me opportunities in the vastness of the internet world