The thing y'all have been asking for a long time is finally here. The secret lost chapter from The Author Ecosystems, all about blended ecosystems. What happens if you're half Aquatic/half Forest?
Thanks so much for this article and the ecosystem concept in general. I’m ether a taiga or a swamp. It was really interesting and fun to think of it this way. I felt like I was going about this writing/creating thing all wrong to ‘be successful’ though this approach made me feel more confident and at ease with my own approach to things.
Thanks so much for this! Another Bramble here. I'm more ForestBramble than GrassBramble, but definitely on the Forest-Grassland cusp. I write memoir sometimes thinly-veiled as self-help/how to about living with mental health challenges. I identify with Forest, but the intimacy felt a little too close and I feared the group stuff might smother me. Because I have some expert cred (mindfulness teacher/running coach) in offering suggestions and sharing what has worked for me, Grassland felt good, too. But too much pressure to be the expert shuts me down. Bramble's in-between approach feels more comfortable. Very helpful, assuming I can get my head out of the trees and my butt off the grass long enough to take action. Is there a course on that? ;-)
I’m a Bramble
Nice!
Thanks so much for this article and the ecosystem concept in general. I’m ether a taiga or a swamp. It was really interesting and fun to think of it this way. I felt like I was going about this writing/creating thing all wrong to ‘be successful’ though this approach made me feel more confident and at ease with my own approach to things.
Yay! I'm so glad it resonated.
Thanks so much for this! Another Bramble here. I'm more ForestBramble than GrassBramble, but definitely on the Forest-Grassland cusp. I write memoir sometimes thinly-veiled as self-help/how to about living with mental health challenges. I identify with Forest, but the intimacy felt a little too close and I feared the group stuff might smother me. Because I have some expert cred (mindfulness teacher/running coach) in offering suggestions and sharing what has worked for me, Grassland felt good, too. But too much pressure to be the expert shuts me down. Bramble's in-between approach feels more comfortable. Very helpful, assuming I can get my head out of the trees and my butt off the grass long enough to take action. Is there a course on that? ;-)
Yay!! I know that is probably a joke but I do have one here. https://www.theauthorstack.com/s/10x-your-productivity
Of course you do!!! It was half joke, half hope. Thanks!
These make sense to me.
You might also be a bramble which is one of our blended ecosystem models