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How To Sell Nothing For Something On Amazon
The mystery of journals.
The goal, of course, is to earn a living wage while doing as little as humanly possible.
This is the real basis of the gig economy, at least for creators — the fabled “passive income stream.” Or if not entirely passive, as least extremely lazy. The ability to make money without actually doing much of anything.
Isn’t that what writing is, too? The hope that you can noodle around with some ideas on the bus for a few years like J.K. Rowling and become a billionaire?
This concept is not new. The snake oil salesmen of the 1800s (and 1900s, and today) peddled cheap faux cures to turn a fast buck. Low start-up costs, high profit margins.
You can buy Lourdes Water Bottle containing Lourdes Water that has been BLESSED IN LOURDES (maybe you can squeeze in the word LOURDES one more time?) for $9.99 on Amazon. The one-star review is priceless: This blessed water didn’t work on my evil mother-in-law.
I have got to step up my game.
Why am I slaving away at my kitchen table (which looks like it belongs in an episode of Hoarders, btw) writing things that sometimes — but just as often don’t — make me and maybe five other people chuckle slightly while I earn $6 a day (Ed. note: make that $3)?
