120E – The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz · Jan 6, 2019 · 17m

I recently finished listening to the audiobook version of The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer. Amanda is a popular musician, and her indie approach to her music and her fans reminds me a lot of the indie approach to self-publishing books.

The thing is...Amanda isn't afraid to ask her fans for what she needs. If she's going to be in a city playing a gig and needs a place to crash, she gets on Twitter and asks her fans. If she's going to be writing in a coffee shop, she gets on Twitter and tells her fans that they should come over and say hi.

The book is about much more than her music and her…