BatDad has a book

Blake Wilson, known better as "BatDad", a character he plays in hilarious Vines posted on line, has gotten a book published.

It's a book version of the hilarious Vines he posts on line. I'm willing to bet he didn't write a carefully formatted query letter that was rejected a number of times by various established publishers in an effort to get his book published. I'm willing to bet he didn't write any query letters. It's much more likely that a publisher saw the hilarious Vines he posts on line and figured that a book version of the hilarious Vines he posts on line is something that might appeal to viewers of the hilarious Vines he posts on line so they approached him with a deal to publish a book. None of that is writing a carefully crafted query letter and sending it to various established publishers who reject writers a number of times, which is what people who get paid lots of money to lecture at at conferences will tell you is the only way to get published.

If this sounds like me expressing bitterness toward Blake Wilson, I have not done a very good job of expressing myself. I hold no bitterness toward him whatsoever.

After all, I got mine

Quite the contrary, I hope he makes a billion dollars. Seriously! Why? Because he and his book illustrate perfectly, once again, that there is no such as thing as The Only Way. There used to be, but not anymore. Thank God.

Don't waste another minute.

Get out there.

Do something.

Maybe you'll get a book deal out of it! 

Whatever you do, DO NOT allow yourself to let anybody tell you that you're doing it wrong*. 

* Unless you are, in fact doing it wrong, technically. Like trying to get ketchup out of a bottle without taking the lid off. Often, there are certain steps that should be taken that will help you be more efficient. You can get ketchup out of a bottle without taking the lid off, but that's gonna be messy. If someone offers assistance with something like that, accept it with grace and carry on. You know what I mean.