I Have the Face for It

When you're trying to publicize your work and get it noticed, you encounter one frustration after another. Even if you're very good at what you do, it's tough to get a break from people who can help you. So it's always encouraging to see someone in your situation make it.

Here's a nice example. Nowlive has a show known as The Bobo Show. I don't know anything about it. Haven't heard it. But I remember that a fairly short time ago, the guy who runs the show was asking other Nowlive hosts to network with him and so on. Well, this weekend he made a fantastic announcement. He got picked up by a radio station in Virginia Beach! Now he has a real show. This is actually the second Nowlive success story I've heard about.

Funny thing; when he got his break, he sent announcements out to about 300 Nowlive "friends," and only two replied with a public congratulation. That human nature is really something, isn't it?

Man, I envy this guy. I'm a writer; no doubt about that. But I would kill to have a talk radio show. I enjoy radio tremendously. Much more than I would TV. Maybe some day God will smile on me and give me my shot. Without requiring me to move to some awful place like New York or California.

Now that I'm doing shows less often, I should be able to jack up the quality and come off more like a pro. I certainly hope so. In any case, the experience has been fantastic. I don't even remember what it was like to be nervous on the air.

I'm trying to make the humor gentler but still funny. We'll see how that works. Anyone can be funny by being dirty and mean.

If you have a big radio station and you need a talk show catering to fat guys who love to eat and shoot, please give me a cushy job. I promise to behave relatively well, and I will even empty my own wastebaskets.