{"id":316,"date":"2016-08-23T22:15:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T22:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unbridledpublishing.com\/lindakelly\/?p=316"},"modified":"2019-05-15T16:05:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:05:04","slug":"connecting-the-dots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haightstreetvoice.com\/lindakelly\/connecting-the-dots\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting the [micro] Dots …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BarlowLindaLeary.jpg\"[John Perry Barlow<\/a>, Linda Kelly, Timothy Leary<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0New York City, 1990]<\/p>\n

Back when I was living in Manhattan, writing for music magazines, slingin’ coffee and lunch at SoHo eateries, and dabbling in acting at Strasberg Theater Institute, my random new acquaintance and soon-to-be dear friend, Timothy Leary, told me something I’ll never forget, words of wisdom I live by to this day nearly 30 years later.<\/p>\n

Here was a Harvard grad, doctor, father of all-things psychedelic, hanging with a 23-year-old newbie from SF with a Journalism degree to her name. I said, “Timothy, why you hanging with me? I’m just a fresh-outta-college journalist. I’m learning, but certainly not radically intelligent like you.” He replied, “Linda, you are<\/em> intelligent. Intelligence is the ability to see the relationship between things —<\/em>\u00a0and you have it!”<\/p>\n

As I sit here writing this today, I am spending yet another day hunting for a job after our division at NBCUniversal’s Astrology.com closed down in May 2015. I was managing editor there for 10 years — that, after 5 years at Lucasfilm working on a documentary film about the original Star Wars<\/em> — and now, for the life of me, cannot find a job.<\/p>\n

I’m having a challenging time connecting the dots, finding the relationship between me and gainful employment. What gives? As the days turn into weeks and months, I’m starting to have a realization: With over\u00a020 years of editorial experience, instead of hunting for a job at a company I’m not even sure I want to hop onboard with — I’m seeing\u00a0that it\u00a0might be\u00a0time to\u00a0invite people to come to me rather than the other way around. Let me handle your editorial needs, let me solve your word-wrangling problems.\u00a0THAT, I’m realizing, is the relationship — not the other way around.<\/p>\n

Unbridled Publishing is a place where people may come to heal their content ills — all that are in my power to remedy.<\/p>\n

Be it concepting, editing, transcribing, brainstorming, writing, outlining, feedback-ing, whatever may be blocking your vision from coming to life on the page … give me a shout and let me help you discover and hone your message, your story.<\/p>\n

Let\u00a0the Editorial Evolution begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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