One sign your e-mail newsletter is good
When Jerry Pournelle (excellent author in his own right; absolutely unstoppable when paired with Larry Niven) sends you (Dana Blankenhorn, who writes A-Clue.com) several notes, in response to some public soul-searching.
Science fiction legend Jerry Pournelle sent several notes, which was touching in itself. And he offered this story:
"Cliff Simak was a country newspaper editor all his life. He was also pretty well known as a science fiction writer.
"He used to tell young writers 'You can always find half an hour a day and you can write a page in half an hour.' I once told David Drake 'four pages a day is four books a year' and he thought about it and quit his day job."
In the same issue, I like the ideas that Blankehorn came up with - new business ideas (not models, ideas). They sound very intriguing.