Ryan Covert at 2009-07-28 09:36:31:
Way to go. Great post. In this era of hardships, fiscal belt tightening, ubiquitous brand development; and as we all seek to survive, this is like a rainbow of promise just following the storm.
Notice the third part of the formula to success was also multiple rewrites, of which many of these so called rewrites were more than likely FREE -- meaning, he invested in himself time and again, until the material was at the point it could sell. Not really FREE per se, as I'd look at it more so as an investment.